X-ray facial bones complete > 3 views 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

$675.44

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.

$844.30

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.

$11.61 with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield vs $263.42 with Quartz — 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
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↓ -98%
IlliniCare Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↓ -98%
Aspirus Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↓ -98%
Prevea 360 Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $12.19 ↓ -98%
MeridianCare Medicare Advantage $12.19 ↓ -98%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Blue Priority/Pathway $23.45 ↓ -97%
Aspirus PPO $23.69 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Open Network Commercial $25.07 ↓ -96%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO/POS $25.75 ↓ -96%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO $25.75 ↓ -96%
Wellmark UPH Self-Funded Commercial $25.75 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial $28.84 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Commercial $30.30 ↓ -96%
Security Health Plan HMO/POS/SAS $30.90 ↓ -95%
Aspirus HMO/POS $36.05 ↓ -95%
Mercy Care HMO/POS $36.05 ↓ -95%
Medical Associates Health Plan HMO/POS/PPO $38.43 ↓ -94%
Prevea 360 Commercial $87.55 ↓ -87%
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Traditional $97.85 ↓ -86%
Quartz HMO $263.42 ↓ -61%
Dean Health Plan Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
My Choice Managed Medicaid 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 HMO not published by hospital
GHC - South Central WI Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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X-ray facial bones complete > 3 views at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison $458.70 $76.16 – $225.44
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee $274.54 $20.64 – $245.18
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $281.96 $20.64 – $245.18
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo $352.00 $76.16 – $299.41
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville $421.85 $78.98 – $214.87
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe $250.25 $73.83 – $101.55
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon $304.15 $92.20 – $92.20
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac $304.15 $77.56 – $199.58

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