Fetal cord puncture prenatal 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

$2,549.09

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$5,310.60

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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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$272.00 with united healthcare (um) vs $5,046.52 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
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↓ -89%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $277.01 ↓ -89%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $290.33 ↓ -89%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $290.33 ↓ -89%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $298.35 ↓ -88%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $299.04 ↓ -88%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $302.65 ↓ -88%
medicare medicare (m) $314.05 ↓ -88%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $314.05 ↓ -88%
medica medica medicare (m) $326.61 ↓ -87%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $329.75 ↓ -87%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $330.98 ↓ -87%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $351.08 ↓ -86%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $362.91 ↓ -86%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $468.00 ↓ -82%
health partners hpi (u m) $551.19 ↓ -78%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $761.54 ↓ -70%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $1,014.67 ↓ -60%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $1,119.57 ↓ -56%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $1,158.00 ↓ -55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $1,210.00 ↓ -53%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $1,210.00 ↓ -53%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,273.00 ↓ -50%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $1,515.67 ↓ -41%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $1,777.69 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $1,891.16 ↓ -26%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $2,755.55 ↑ +8%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $2,960.30 ↑ +16%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $3,374.84 ↑ +32%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $3,530.17 ↑ +38%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $3,764.41 ↑ +48%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $3,996.32 ↑ +57%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $4,034.48 ↑ +58%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $4,236.20 ↑ +66%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $4,701.23 ↑ +84%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $5,046.52 ↑ +98%

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Fetal cord puncture prenatal at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $2,549.09 $277.01 – $4,302.81
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $2,549.09 $277.01 – $3,119.00
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $782.54 $298.35 – $8,342.88
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $319.40 – $319.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $319.40 – $319.40
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $319.40 – $319.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $319.40 – $319.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $319.40 – $319.40

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