Transcath mv repair addl prosthesis 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

$3,808.80

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.

$4,761.00

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.

$358.74 with United Healthcare vs $4,522.95 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 $358.74 ↓ -91%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $358.74 ↓ -91%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $358.74 ↓ -91%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $358.74 ↓ -91%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $358.74 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $376.68 ↓ -90%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $376.68 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $825.98 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Commercial $918.48 ↓ -76%
Aspirus PPO $1,095.03 ↓ -71%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $1,097.74 ↓ -71%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $1,191.02 ↓ -69%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $1,198.19 ↓ -69%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $1,198.19 ↓ -69%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $1,198.19 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial $1,333.08 ↓ -65%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $1,428.30 ↓ -63%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $1,666.35 ↓ -56%
Aspirus HMO/POS $1,666.35 ↓ -56%
Prevea 360 Commercial $4,046.85 ↑ +6%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $4,522.95 ↑ +19%
My Choice Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
GHC - Eau Claire 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 —
GHC HMO not published by hospital —
Quartz HMO not published by hospital —
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —

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Transcath mv repair addl prosthesis at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $4,528.15 $2,036.00 – $2,036.00
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $15,183.44 $634.25 – $1,633.03
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $15,183.44 $634.25 – $1,633.03
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $270.05 $2,181.00 – $9,837.00
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $3,113.00 $1,887.00 – $5,512.00
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $3,113.00 $1,887.00 – $5,512.00
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun $3,113.00 $1,887.00 – $5,512.00
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin $3,105.80 $1,534.00 – $1,534.00

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