Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block 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

$43.82

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$91.30

Gross charge

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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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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$18.37 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $118.45 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $18.37 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $20.27 ↓ -54%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $24.82 ↓ -43%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $24.82 ↓ -43%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $25.56 ↓ -42%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $28.29 ↓ -35%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $31.02 ↓ -29%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $32.18 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $34.24 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $35.58 ↓ -19%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $40.54 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $49.89 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $53.59 ↑ +22%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $55.24 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $61.10 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $63.91 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $67.80 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $70.78 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $70.78 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $73.04 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $74.50 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $76.69 ↑ +75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $88.36 ↑ +102%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $93.81 ↑ +114%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $110.35 ↑ +152%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $118.45 ↑ +170%

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $63.20 $19.13 – $71.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $63.20 $19.13 – $71.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $74.40 $22.52 – $83.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $164.00 $1.02 – $184.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $164.00 $1.00 – $184.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $63.20 $19.13 – $71.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $115.20 $49.46 – $129.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $115.20 $49.46 – $129.60

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