Lithium therapeutic drug level at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$35.14
Cash price 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.
$73.20
Gross charge 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.
$6.16 with allina aetna medicare (m) vs $59.28 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $6.16 | ↓ -82% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $6.48 | ↓ -82% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $6.48 | ↓ -82% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $6.60 | ↓ -81% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $6.60 | ↓ -81% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $6.74 | ↓ -81% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $6.80 | ↓ -81% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $6.80 | ↓ -81% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $7.27 | ↓ -79% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $7.52 | ↓ -79% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $8.25 | ↓ -77% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $11.79 | ↓ -66% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $13.63 | ↓ -61% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $13.90 | ↓ -60% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $15.34 | ↓ -56% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $17.80 | ↓ -49% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $22.01 | ↓ -37% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $24.36 | ↓ -31% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $25.91 | ↓ -26% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $30.68 | ↓ -13% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $37.76 | ↑ +7% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $40.56 | ↑ +15% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $41.81 | ↑ +19% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $44.22 | ↑ +26% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $46.24 | ↑ +32% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $46.94 | ↑ +34% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $48.37 | ↑ +38% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $51.31 | ↑ +46% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $53.57 | ↑ +52% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $53.57 | ↑ +52% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $55.23 | ↑ +57% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $55.28 | ↑ +57% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $56.39 | ↑ +60% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $58.04 | ↑ +65% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $59.28 | ↑ +69% |
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Lithium therapeutic drug level at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $84.80 | $25.66 – $95.40 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $84.80 | $25.66 – $95.40 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $60.80 | $18.40 – $68.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $39.20 | $11.86 – $44.10 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $84.80 | $25.66 – $95.40 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $67.20 | $28.85 – $75.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $67.20 | $28.85 – $75.60 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $35.14 | $6.16 – $50.54 |