Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml 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

$293.33

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$611.10

Gross charge

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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 $158.73 with health partners — 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

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

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%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $33.99 ↓ -88%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $37.51 ↓ -87%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $48.91 ↓ -83%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $48.91 ↓ -83%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $50.38 ↓ -83%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $50.42 ↓ -83%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $53.08 ↓ -82%
medicare medicare (m) $53.08 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $54.04 ↓ -82%
medica medica medicare (m) $55.20 ↓ -81%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $55.73 ↓ -81%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $55.76 ↓ -81%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $59.55 ↓ -80%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $60.98 ↓ -79%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $61.14 ↓ -79%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $63.36 ↓ -78%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $71.73 ↓ -76%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $73.27 ↓ -75%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $75.01 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $77.00 ↓ -74%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $84.99 ↓ -71%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $92.31 ↓ -69%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $98.27 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $99.17 ↓ -66%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $113.06 ↓ -61%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $118.26 ↓ -60%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $121.15 ↓ -59%
medica medica essentials (u m) $126.49 ↓ -57%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $126.49 ↓ -57%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $133.13 ↓ -55%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $135.16 ↓ -54%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $141.92 ↓ -52%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $158.73 ↓ -46%

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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $124.52 $37.68 – $140.09
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $248.58 $55.72 – $260.75
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $74.25 $41.72 – $82.40
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $190.23 $43.81 – $101.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $105.12 $28.27 – $105.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $121.71 $52.26 – $136.92
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $121.71 $52.26 – $136.92
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $293.33 $48.91 – $86.15

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