47/100
#1,370 nationally
Unitypoint Health - Meriter
202 S Park St, Madison, WI 53715 · (608) 417-6210
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Unitypoint Health - Meriter billed $4.97 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 5.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 119
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in WI
- #50
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
398 | $21,650 | $2,530 | +11% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
306 | $77,351 | $16,855 | +19% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
232 | $26,779 | $4,797 | about average |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
192 | $26,226 | $3,001 | +4% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
179 | $47,059 | $10,542 | +8% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
161 | $30,430 | $5,333 | -13% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
148 | $21,081 | $2,929 | +10% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $34,457 | $5,328 | about average |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $10,526 | $1,776 | -10% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $19,261 | $3,211 | -7% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$133,416 | $20,356 | +96% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$78,857 | $14,973 | +58% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$61,512 | $9,720 | +47% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,777 | $1,498 | +47% |
|
Level 8 Urology and Related Services
APC 5378 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$121,279 | $18,786 | +40% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$65,873 | $10,303 | +36% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$41,991 | $6,537 | +34% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,044 | $1,802 | +33% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay |
$29,103 | $11,086 | -48% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$31,873 | $11,385 | -43% |
|
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 673 · Inpatient stay |
$90,512 | $29,638 | -41% |
|
Peripheral Vascular Disorders with Complications
MS-DRG 300 · Inpatient stay |
$28,029 | $8,661 | -35% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 252 · Inpatient stay |
$97,013 | $26,901 | -33% |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$21,738 | $6,186 | -33% |
|
Amputation of Lower Limb for Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders with
MS-DRG 617 · Inpatient stay |
$51,368 | $17,199 | -30% |
|
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Complications
MS-DRG 418 · Inpatient stay |
$58,586 | $13,454 | -29% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.