Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at Mercy Hospital

4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 17, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$86.99

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.

$181.23

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $95.02 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — 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 (um) united healthcare (um) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $19.40 ↓ -78%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $21.90 ↓ -75%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $22.76 ↓ -74%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $25.11 ↓ -71%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $25.76 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $26.31 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $27.65 ↓ -68%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $39.87 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $42.42 ↓ -51%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $50.23 ↓ -42%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $61.81 ↓ -29%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $66.40 ↓ -24%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $75.70 ↓ -13%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $79.18 ↓ -9%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $81.12 ↓ -7%
medica medica essentials (u m) $84.69 ↓ -3%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $84.69 ↓ -3%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $89.14 ↑ +2%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $90.50 ↑ +4%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $95.02 ↑ +9%

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Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $59.55 $17.52 – $65.13
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $79.87 $23.73 – $88.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $81.15 $1.02 – $71.33
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $89.72 $1.00 – $91.92
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $86.99 $19.40 – $30.94
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $101.49 $19.40 – $83.47
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $86.99 $19.40 – $25.76
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $101.49 $19.40 – $83.47

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