Infect ag if influenza a 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

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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.

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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.

$9.64 with United Healthcare vs $22.50 with Health Partners Open Network — 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 Commercial $9.64
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.07
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $16.07
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.07
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $16.07
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $16.07
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $16.07
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $16.07
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $16.07
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $16.07
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $16.07
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $16.07
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $22.50

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Infect ag if influenza a at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $14.85 $12.05 – $97.49
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $20.35 $12.05 – $119.16
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $28.60 $12.05 – $95.32
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $35.75 $16.07 – $28.12
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $35.75 $12.05 – $31.02
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $35.75 $16.07 – $28.12
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin $50.88 $16.07 – $54.30
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee $50.88 $16.07 – $54.30

All Wisconsin hospitals for this procedure →