Sinus/juglr venogram s&i 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

$4,564.26

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.

$5,705.32

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.

$49.09 with United Healthcare vs $5,420.05 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 $49.09 ↓ -99%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $49.09 ↓ -99%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $49.09 ↓ -99%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $49.09 ↓ -99%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $49.09 ↓ -99%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $51.54 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Advantage $51.54 ↓ -99%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $99.16 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $104.77 ↓ -98%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $116.83 ↓ -97%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $116.83 ↓ -97%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $116.83 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Commercial $124.49 ↓ -97%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $162.49 ↓ -96%
Aspirus PPO $1,312.22 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $1,711.60 ↓ -62%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $1,768.65 ↓ -61%
Quartz HMO $1,780.06 ↓ -61%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $1,894.17 ↓ -58%
Aspirus HMO/POS $2,053.92 ↓ -55%
Prevea 360 Commercial $4,849.52 ↑ +6%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $5,420.05 ↑ +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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Sinus/juglr venogram s&i at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $2,037.75 $710.59 – $3,066.96
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $1,674.80 $86.63 – $6,438.74
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $1,674.80 $86.63 – $6,438.74
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $2,680.15 $677.27 – $3,180.39
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $2,986.50 $232.77 – $3,066.96
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $1,096.70 $290.61 – $290.61
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $1,096.70 $290.61 – $6,027.57
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $1,096.70 $290.61 – $290.61

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