Neurolysis trigeminal nerve 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

$5,743.91

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.

$7,179.88

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.

$213.51 with United Healthcare vs $6,820.89 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 $213.51 ↓ -96%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $213.51 ↓ -96%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $213.51 ↓ -96%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $213.51 ↓ -96%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $213.51 ↓ -96%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $224.19 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $224.19 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $409.12 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Commercial $499.80 ↓ -91%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $653.34 ↓ -89%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $708.85 ↓ -88%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $713.12 ↓ -88%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $713.12 ↓ -88%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $713.12 ↓ -88%
Aspirus PPO $1,651.37 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $2,153.96 ↓ -63%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $2,225.76 ↓ -61%
Quartz HMO $2,240.12 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $2,383.72 ↓ -59%
Aspirus HMO/POS $2,584.76 ↓ -55%
Prevea 360 Commercial $6,102.90 ↑ +6%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $6,820.89 ↑ +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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Neurolysis trigeminal nerve at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $1,348.60 $644.34 – $4,198.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $492.37 $361.85 – $1,906.70
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $1,218.25 $668.17 – $4,074.00
Ascension Calumet Hospital, Inc. Chilton $982.68 $241.79 – $1,602.64
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $361.85 – $1,906.70
Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC Glendale not published $743.00 – $16,897.00
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $644.34 – $4,401.00
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $859.12 – $4,217.00

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