Culture anaerobic additional method definitive id each 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

$439.25

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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.

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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$915.10

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.

$7.52 with allina aetna medicare (m) vs $76.69 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — 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

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) $7.52 ↓ -98%
medicare medicare (m) $7.92 ↓ -98%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $7.92 ↓ -98%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $8.07 ↓ -98%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $8.07 ↓ -98%
medica medica medicare (m) $8.24 ↓ -98%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $8.31 ↓ -98%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $8.32 ↓ -98%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $8.89 ↓ -98%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $9.20 ↓ -98%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $10.09 ↓ -98%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $10.88 ↓ -98%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $14.74 ↓ -97%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $17.04 ↓ -96%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $18.37 ↓ -96%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $20.27 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $27.03 ↓ -94%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $27.52 ↓ -94%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $28.69 ↓ -93%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $32.18 ↓ -93%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $33.76 ↓ -92%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $34.24 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $36.23 ↓ -92%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $40.54 ↓ -91%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $49.89 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $53.59 ↓ -88%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $55.24 ↓ -87%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $61.10 ↓ -86%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $63.91 ↓ -85%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $67.80 ↓ -85%
medica medica essentials (u m) $70.78 ↓ -84%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $70.78 ↓ -84%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $73.04 ↓ -83%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $74.50 ↓ -83%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $76.69 ↓ -83%

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Culture anaerobic additional method definitive id each at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $101.60 $30.75 – $114.30
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $161.60 $33.17 – $123.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $124.00 $14.04 – $52.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $44.80 $13.56 – $50.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $161.60 $33.17 – $123.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $84.80 $36.41 – $95.40
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $84.80 $36.41 – $95.40
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $439.25 $7.52 – $30.90

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