Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$1,028.74
Cash price 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.
$2,143.20
Gross charge 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.
$214.05 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $6,451.00 with united healthcare (um) — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $214.05 | ↓ -79% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $287.15 | ↓ -72% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $316.84 | ↓ -69% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $481.96 | ↓ -53% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $511.56 | ↓ -50% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $601.75 | ↓ -42% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $645.97 | ↓ -37% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $837.77 | ↓ -19% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $853.77 | ↓ -17% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $864.13 | ↓ -16% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $864.13 | ↓ -16% |
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $887.99 | ↓ -14% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $890.05 | ↓ -13% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $932.82 | ↓ -9% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $934.73 | ↓ -9% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $934.73 | ↓ -9% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $955.08 | ↓ -7% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $972.12 | ↓ -6% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $981.47 | ↓ -5% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $985.11 | ↓ -4% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $999.04 | ↓ -3% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $1,044.92 | ↑ +2% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $1,060.71 | ↑ +3% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $1,080.16 | ↑ +5% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $1,141.76 | ↑ +11% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,198.85 | ↑ +17% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $1,627.00 | ↑ +58% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $2,347.17 | ↑ +128% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $2,456.00 | ↑ +139% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $2,626.00 | ↑ +155% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $3,731.00 | ↑ +263% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $3,784.00 | ↑ +268% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $3,895.00 | ↑ +279% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $3,895.00 | ↑ +279% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $4,100.00 | ↑ +299% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $6,451.00 | ↑ +527% |
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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $1,934.40 | $585.40 – $2,176.20 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $2,092.80 | $633.33 – $2,354.40 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $1,933.60 | $585.16 – $2,175.30 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,156.80 | $350.08 – $1,301.40 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,092.80 | $653.96 – $2,354.40 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,389.60 | $661.03 – $1,534.50 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,989.60 | $854.28 – $2,238.30 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,989.60 | $854.28 – $2,238.30 |