Catheter stripping venous 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

$2,814.38

Cash price

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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.

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$5,863.30

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.

$272.00 with united healthcare (um) vs $7,879.95 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
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↓ -90%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $877.96 ↓ -69%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $953.41 ↓ -66%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $1,051.97 ↓ -63%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $1,670.36 ↓ -41%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $1,776.98 ↓ -37%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $1,976.81 ↓ -30%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $2,098.19 ↓ -25%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $2,103.94 ↓ -25%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $2,468.15 ↓ -12%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $2,589.17 ↓ -8%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $2,649.53 ↓ -6%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $2,781.56 ↓ -1%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $2,866.19 ↑ +2%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $3,008.31 ↑ +7%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $3,008.31 ↑ +7%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $3,091.36 ↑ +10%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $3,098.56 ↑ +10%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $3,131.71 ↑ +11%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $3,171.07 ↑ +13%
medicare medicare (m) $3,254.06 ↑ +16%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $3,254.06 ↑ +16%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $3,317.02 ↑ +18%
medica medica medicare (m) $3,384.22 ↑ +20%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $3,416.76 ↑ +21%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $3,429.47 ↑ +22%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $3,518.88 ↑ +25%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $3,637.67 ↑ +29%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $3,673.84 ↑ +31%
medica medica essentials (u m) $3,673.84 ↑ +31%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $3,760.39 ↑ +34%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $3,790.88 ↑ +35%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $3,866.70 ↑ +37%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $3,980.42 ↑ +41%
health partners hpi (u m) $6,879.25 ↑ +144%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $7,879.95 ↑ +180%

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Catheter stripping venous at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $4,591.20 $2,299.56 – $5,165.10
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $2,814.38 $877.96 – $9,848.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,345.12 $1,260.04 – $7,359.62
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $2,814.38 $877.96 – $9,848.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,345.12 $1,260.04 – $7,359.62
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,345.12 $1,260.04 – $7,359.62
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $1,345.12 $1,260.04 – $7,359.62
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $1,345.12 $787.55 – $5,178.75

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