Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$346.27

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.

$721.40

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.

$14.82 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $429.01 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
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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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $14.82 ↓ -96%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $36.81 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $39.08 ↓ -89%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $45.97 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $49.34 ↓ -86%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $62.27 ↓ -82%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $68.71 ↓ -80%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $109.10 ↓ -68%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $116.06 ↓ -66%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $137.42 ↓ -60%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $156.05 ↓ -55%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $166.81 ↓ -52%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $169.11 ↓ -51%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $170.49 ↓ -51%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $175.59 ↓ -49%
medicare medicare (m) $175.59 ↓ -49%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $181.68 ↓ -48%
medica medica medicare (m) $182.61 ↓ -47%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $184.37 ↓ -47%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $187.25 ↓ -46%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $196.28 ↓ -43%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $207.12 ↓ -40%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $216.65 ↓ -37%
health partners hpi (u m) $226.32 ↓ -35%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $229.83 ↓ -34%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $239.96 ↓ -31%
medica medica essentials (u m) $239.96 ↓ -31%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $247.60 ↓ -28%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $252.55 ↓ -27%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $259.98 ↓ -25%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $429.01 ↑ +24%

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