Metronidazole 500 mg/100 ml in sodium chlor(iso) intravenous piggyback 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

$43.80

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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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$91.25

Gross charge

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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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $73.54 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — 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) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $0.03 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $0.03 ↓ -100%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $0.04 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $0.04 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $0.04 ↓ -100%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $17.62 ↓ -60%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $19.44 ↓ -56%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $30.86 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $32.83 ↓ -25%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $38.87 ↓ -11%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $47.84 ↑ +9%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $51.39 ↑ +17%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $58.59 ↑ +34%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $61.28 ↑ +40%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $62.78 ↑ +43%
medica medica essentials (u m) $65.55 ↑ +50%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $65.55 ↑ +50%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $68.99 ↑ +58%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $70.04 ↑ +60%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $73.54 ↑ +68%

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Metronidazole 500 mg/100 ml in sodium chlor(iso) intravenous piggyback at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $105.70 $31.77 – $118.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $106.82 $32.25 – $119.90
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $46.11 $13.77 – $51.19
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $50.40 $14.79 – $54.99
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $126.56 $38.13 – $141.75
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $46.11 $0.02 – $50.85
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $102.42 $0.02 – $114.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $70.15 $21.11 – $78.46

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