Ghs inhibitor screen 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

$462.91

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.

$964.40

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.

$8.41 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $810.10 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $8.41 ↓ -98%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $11.98 ↓ -97%
medicare medicare (m) $12.61 ↓ -97%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $12.61 ↓ -97%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $12.86 ↓ -97%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $12.86 ↓ -97%
medica medica medicare (m) $13.11 ↓ -97%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $13.24 ↓ -97%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $13.25 ↓ -97%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $14.16 ↓ -97%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $14.66 ↓ -97%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $16.07 ↓ -97%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $18.93 ↓ -96%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $20.10 ↓ -96%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $22.99 ↓ -95%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $23.65 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $25.38 ↓ -95%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $26.58 ↓ -94%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $42.93 ↓ -91%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $194.04 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $214.10 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $339.95 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $361.65 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $428.19 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $526.95 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $566.10 ↑ +22%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $583.46 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $645.38 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $675.08 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $716.16 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $747.70 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $747.70 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $771.52 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $786.95 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $810.10 ↑ +75%

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Ghs inhibitor screen at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $360.80 $109.19 – $405.90
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $36.00 $10.89 – $40.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $36.00 $15.46 – $40.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $36.00 $15.46 – $40.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $462.91 $8.41 – $22.99
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $462.91 $8.41 – $42.93
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $12.23 – $13.51
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $12.23 – $13.51

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