Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn;1st lesion 10007 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

$1,512.86

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$3,151.80

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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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$215.88 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $2,251.20 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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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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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $215.88 ↓ -86%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $411.98 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $437.38 ↓ -71%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $514.54 ↓ -66%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $539.22 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $552.33 ↓ -63%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $594.96 ↓ -61%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $640.71 ↓ -58%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $674.68 ↓ -55%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $674.68 ↓ -55%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $693.30 ↓ -54%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $694.92 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $700.04 ↓ -54%
medicare medicare (m) $729.79 ↓ -52%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $729.79 ↓ -52%
medica medica medicare (m) $758.98 ↓ -50%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $766.28 ↓ -49%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $769.14 ↓ -49%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $815.83 ↓ -46%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $843.35 ↓ -44%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $944.70 ↓ -38%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $1,005.00 ↓ -34%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $1,189.92 ↓ -21%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,464.35 ↓ -3%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,573.16 ↑ +4%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,761.42 ↑ +16%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,793.46 ↑ +19%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $1,876.00 ↑ +24%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $1,990.17 ↑ +32%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $2,077.80 ↑ +37%
medica medica essentials (u m) $2,077.80 ↑ +37%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $2,144.00 ↑ +42%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $2,186.88 ↑ +45%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $2,251.20 ↑ +49%

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Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn;1st lesion 10007 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,882.40 $507.57 – $2,117.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,100.80 $518.54 – $1,238.40
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,512.86 $215.88 – $3,243.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $890.57 $237.90 – $3,572.45
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,512.86 $215.88 – $3,243.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $890.57 $237.90 – $3,572.45
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $931.62 $236.90 – $1,360.48
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $890.57 $237.90 – $3,760.50

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