Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit 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

$44.60

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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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$92.92

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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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$0.01 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $41.66 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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) $0.01 ↓ -100%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $0.01 ↓ -100%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $0.01 ↓ -100%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $9.98 ↓ -78%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $11.01 ↓ -75%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $17.48 ↓ -61%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $18.60 ↓ -58%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $22.02 ↓ -51%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $27.10 ↓ -39%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $29.11 ↓ -35%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $33.19 ↓ -26%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $34.71 ↓ -22%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $35.56 ↓ -20%
medica medica essentials (u m) $37.13 ↓ -17%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $37.13 ↓ -17%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $39.08 ↓ -12%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $39.67 ↓ -11%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $41.66 ↓ -7%

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Bupivacaine 0.1 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $62.44 $18.40 – $68.39
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $60.80 $18.39 – $68.38
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $49.08 $13.65 – $50.76
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $26.48 $7.50 – $27.88
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $70.48 $18.40 – $68.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $51.76 $0.02 – $50.25
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $65.60 $0.02 – $68.38
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $61.78 $18.39 – $68.38

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