Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$25.73
Cash price 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.
$53.60
Gross charge 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.
$6.88 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $72.48 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $6.88 | ↓ -73% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $7.59 | ↓ -71% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $12.06 | ↓ -53% |
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $12.46 | ↓ -52% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $12.83 | ↓ -50% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $13.09 | ↓ -49% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $13.12 | ↓ -49% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $13.12 | ↓ -49% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $13.38 | ↓ -48% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $13.38 | ↓ -48% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $13.64 | ↓ -47% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $13.78 | ↓ -46% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $13.78 | ↓ -46% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $14.73 | ↓ -43% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $15.18 | ↓ -41% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $15.25 | ↓ -41% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $16.73 | ↓ -35% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $18.69 | ↓ -27% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $20.08 | ↓ -22% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $20.69 | ↓ -20% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $22.89 | ↓ -11% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $23.94 | ↓ -7% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $24.17 | ↓ -6% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $25.40 | ↓ -1% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $26.52 | ↑ +3% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $26.52 | ↑ +3% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $27.36 | ↑ +6% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $27.91 | ↑ +8% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $27.94 | ↑ +9% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $28.73 | ↑ +12% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $32.53 | ↑ +26% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $34.52 | ↑ +34% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $37.95 | ↑ +47% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $40.61 | ↑ +58% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $43.60 | ↑ +69% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $72.48 | ↑ +182% |
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Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $100.00 | $46.75 – $112.50 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $145.60 | $46.75 – $163.80 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $102.40 | $46.75 – $115.20 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $77.60 | $34.14 – $87.30 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $145.60 | $46.75 – $163.80 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $124.00 | $46.75 – $139.50 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $124.00 | $46.75 – $139.50 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $25.73 | $12.46 – $37.17 |