Insertion/replacement implantable defibrillator w/lead(s) single/dual chamber 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

$101,115.28

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

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

$126,394.09

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

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

$786.04 with United Healthcare vs $17,903.57 with Quartz — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $786.04 ↓ -99%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $786.04 ↓ -99%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $786.04 ↓ -99%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $786.04 ↓ -99%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $786.04 ↓ -99%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $825.34 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Advantage $825.34 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $1,783.27 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,994.04 ↓ -98%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $2,405.28 ↓ -98%
Aspirus PPO $2,491.36 ↓ -98%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $2,609.65 ↓ -97%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $2,625.37 ↓ -97%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $2,625.37 ↓ -97%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $2,625.37 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial $3,032.96 ↓ -97%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $3,249.60 ↓ -97%
Aspirus HMO/POS $3,791.20 ↓ -96%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $3,791.20 ↓ -96%
Prevea 360 Commercial $9,207.20 ↓ -91%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $10,290.40 ↓ -90%
Quartz HMO $17,903.57 ↓ -82%
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

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Insertion/replacement implantable defibrillator w/lead(s) single/dual chamber at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $34,275.45 $14,021.00 – $50,591.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $32,717.43 $1,399.36 – $3,545.35
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $32,717.43 $1,399.36 – $3,545.35
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $43,760.20 $13,352.00 – $51,258.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $20,031.00 $8,923.00 – $54,996.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $20,031.00 $8,923.00 – $59,920.75
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $20,031.00 $8,923.00 – $54,996.00
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin $28,989.41 $3,336.93 – $55,400.00

All Wisconsin hospitals for this procedure →