Ghs nerve block suprascapular at UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital

202 South Park Street, Madison, WI · UnityPoint Health · · NPI 1114920048

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$3,059.99

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,824.98

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$50.28 with United Healthcare vs $3,633.73 with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $50.28 ↓ -98%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $50.28 ↓ -98%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $50.28 ↓ -98%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $50.28 ↓ -98%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $50.28 ↓ -98%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $52.79 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $52.79 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Commercial $127.94 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $142.57 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $153.86 ↓ -95%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $166.93 ↓ -95%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $167.94 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $167.94 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $167.94 ↓ -95%
Aspirus PPO $879.75 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $1,147.49 ↓ -63%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $1,185.74 ↓ -61%
Quartz HMO $1,193.39 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $1,269.89 ↓ -59%
Aspirus HMO/POS $1,376.99 ↓ -55%
Prevea 360 Commercial $3,251.23 ↑ +6%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $3,633.73 ↑ +19%
My Choice Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
GHC HMO not published by hospital
GHC - Eau Claire Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
GHC - South Central WI Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Dean Health Plan Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Ghs nerve block suprascapular at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,227.05 $514.23 – $4,198.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $203.52 $89.08 – $1,483.13
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,108.80 $533.25 – $4,074.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $608.30 $685.65 – $4,217.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $856.90 $2,654.00 – $3,030.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $856.90 $523.65 – $3,030.00
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $856.90 $2,654.00 – $3,030.00
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin $1,596.89 $531.56 – $941.43

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