Culture fungi skin/hair/nail 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

$48.05

Cash price

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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.

$100.10

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.

$7.18 with allina aetna medicare (m) vs $71.57 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
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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) $7.18 ↓ -85%
medicare medicare (m) $7.56 ↓ -84%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $7.56 ↓ -84%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $7.70 ↓ -84%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $7.70 ↓ -84%
medica medica medicare (m) $7.86 ↓ -84%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $7.93 ↓ -83%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $7.94 ↓ -83%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $8.48 ↓ -82%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $8.78 ↓ -82%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $9.63 ↓ -80%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $10.88 ↓ -77%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $14.15 ↓ -71%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $16.36 ↓ -66%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $17.14 ↓ -64%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $18.91 ↓ -61%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $26.42 ↓ -45%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $27.03 ↓ -44%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $28.69 ↓ -40%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $30.03 ↓ -38%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $31.95 ↓ -34%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $33.76 ↓ -30%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $36.23 ↓ -25%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $37.83 ↓ -21%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $46.55 ↓ -3%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $50.01 ↑ +4%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $51.55 ↑ +7%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $57.02 ↑ +19%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $59.64 ↑ +24%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $63.27 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (u m) $66.06 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $66.06 ↑ +37%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $68.16 ↑ +42%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $69.52 ↑ +45%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $71.57 ↑ +49%

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Culture fungi skin/hair/nail at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $112.80 $34.14 – $126.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $116.00 $35.10 – $130.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $83.20 $25.18 – $93.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $78.40 $23.73 – $88.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $116.00 $35.10 – $130.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $48.80 $20.95 – $54.90
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $48.80 $20.95 – $54.90
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $48.05 $7.18 – $30.90

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