Ins/rpl pm gen exist sgl lead 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

$20,193.25

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.

$25,241.56

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.

$281.48 with United Healthcare vs $7,875.37 with Quartz — 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 $281.48 ↓ -99%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $281.48 ↓ -99%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $281.48 ↓ -99%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $281.48 ↓ -99%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $281.48 ↓ -99%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $295.55 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Advantage $295.55 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $647.81 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Commercial $699.41 ↓ -97%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $861.33 ↓ -96%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $934.51 ↓ -95%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $940.14 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $940.14 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $940.14 ↓ -95%
Aspirus PPO $941.62 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial $1,146.32 ↓ -94%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $1,228.20 ↓ -94%
Aspirus HMO/POS $1,432.90 ↓ -93%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $1,432.90 ↓ -93%
Prevea 360 Commercial $3,479.90 ↓ -83%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $3,889.30 ↓ -81%
Quartz HMO $7,875.37 ↓ -61%
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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Ins/rpl pm gen exist sgl lead at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $5,148.55 $6,028.62 – $27,690.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $11,959.45 $493.49 – $1,243.53
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $11,959.45 $493.49 – $1,243.53
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $8,928.70 $8,038.15 – $25,004.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $2,857.25 $7,609.00 – $27,583.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $2,857.25 $6,138.95 – $27,583.00
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $2,857.25 $7,609.00 – $27,583.00
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin $6,991.76 $1,201.28 – $22,160.00

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