C-reactive protein 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

$39.26

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.

$81.80

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.

$4.83 with allina aetna medicare (m) vs $49.34 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $4.83 ↓ -88%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $5.08 ↓ -87%
medicare medicare (m) $5.08 ↓ -87%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $5.18 ↓ -87%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $5.18 ↓ -87%
medica medica medicare (m) $5.28 ↓ -87%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $5.33 ↓ -86%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $5.34 ↓ -86%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $5.70 ↓ -85%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $5.91 ↓ -85%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $6.47 ↓ -84%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $8.09 ↓ -79%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $8.92 ↓ -77%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $9.43 ↓ -76%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $10.90 ↓ -72%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $14.17 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $14.82 ↓ -62%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $15.08 ↓ -62%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $17.61 ↓ -55%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $17.85 ↓ -55%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $21.97 ↓ -44%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $23.60 ↓ -40%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $24.32 ↓ -38%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $26.90 ↓ -31%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $28.14 ↓ -28%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $29.85 ↓ -24%
medica medica essentials (u m) $31.17 ↓ -21%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $31.17 ↓ -21%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $32.16 ↓ -18%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $32.80 ↓ -16%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $33.77 ↓ -14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $36.81 ↓ -6%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $39.08 ↓ -0%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $45.97 ↑ +17%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $49.34 ↑ +26%

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C-reactive protein at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $67.20 $20.34 – $75.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $116.00 $35.10 – $130.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $68.00 $20.58 – $76.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $44.00 $13.32 – $49.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $116.00 $35.10 – $130.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $73.60 $31.60 – $82.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $73.60 $31.60 – $82.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $39.26 $4.83 – $42.07

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