Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$38.21
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$79.60
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$16.02 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,045.11 with health partners — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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) | $16.02 | ↓ -58% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $17.67 | ↓ -54% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $28.06 | ↓ -27% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $29.85 | ↓ -22% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $31.35 | ↓ -18% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $31.35 | ↓ -18% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $32.29 | ↓ -15% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $35.34 | ↓ -8% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $35.58 | ↓ -7% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $35.74 | ↓ -6% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $39.19 | ↑ +3% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $43.49 | ↑ +14% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $46.73 | ↑ +22% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $48.16 | ↑ +26% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $53.27 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $55.72 | ↑ +46% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $59.11 | ↑ +55% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $61.71 | ↑ +62% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $61.71 | ↑ +62% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $63.68 | ↑ +67% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $64.95 | ↑ +70% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $66.86 | ↑ +75% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $88.36 | ↑ +131% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $93.81 | ↑ +146% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $110.35 | ↑ +189% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $118.45 | ↑ +210% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $743.90 | ↑ +1847% |
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $788.80 | ↑ +1964% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $812.78 | ↑ +2027% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $830.32 | ↑ +2073% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $830.32 | ↑ +2073% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $863.53 | ↑ +2160% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $871.84 | ↑ +2182% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $928.20 | ↑ +2329% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $967.78 | ↑ +2433% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $2,045.11 | ↑ +5252% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $80.80 | $24.45 – $90.90 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $143.20 | $43.34 – $161.10 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $138.40 | $41.88 – $155.70 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,336.00 | $620.35 – $1,503.00 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,336.00 | $633.76 – $1,503.00 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $143.20 | $43.34 – $161.10 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $91.20 | $39.16 – $102.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $91.20 | $39.16 – $102.60 |