Rem mntr physiol 1st set up pt educaj eqp 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

$585.44

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.

$731.79

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.

$18.48 with United Healthcare vs $695.20 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 $18.48 ↓ -97%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $18.48 ↓ -97%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $18.48 ↓ -97%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $18.48 ↓ -97%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $18.48 ↓ -97%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $19.40 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $19.40 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $28.97 ↓ -95%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $34.37 ↓ -94%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $39.73 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Commercial $40.54 ↓ -93%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $42.87 ↓ -93%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $48.42 ↓ -92%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $48.42 ↓ -92%
Aspirus PPO $168.31 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $219.54 ↓ -63%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $226.85 ↓ -61%
Quartz HMO $228.32 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $242.95 ↓ -59%
Aspirus HMO/POS $263.44 ↓ -55%
Prevea 360 Commercial $622.02 ↑ +6%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $695.20 ↑ +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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Rem mntr physiol 1st set up pt educaj eqp at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $165.00 $96.99 – $129.32
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $30.46 – $275.99
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon not published $30.46 – $275.99
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $129.32 – $129.32
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac not published $98.76 – $254.15
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin not published $50.25 – $175.20
Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Oshkosh not published $20.94 – $260.17
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee not published $50.25 – $175.20

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