Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference 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

$334.90

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.

$697.70

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.

$10.28 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $165.79 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.

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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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $10.28 ↓ -97%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $11.34 ↓ -97%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $18.01 ↓ -95%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $19.16 ↓ -94%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $22.69 ↓ -93%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $27.92 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $30.00 ↓ -91%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $30.92 ↓ -91%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $34.20 ↓ -90%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $35.77 ↓ -89%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $37.95 ↓ -89%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $39.62 ↓ -88%
medica medica essentials (u m) $39.62 ↓ -88%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $40.88 ↓ -88%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $41.70 ↓ -88%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $42.92 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $49.79 ↓ -85%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $54.09 ↓ -84%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $57.76 ↓ -83%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $59.09 ↓ -82%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $60.80 ↓ -82%
medicare medicare (m) $60.80 ↓ -82%
medica medica medicare (m) $63.23 ↓ -81%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $63.84 ↓ -81%
health partners hpi (u m) $67.04 ↓ -80%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $67.97 ↓ -80%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $123.67 ↓ -63%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $131.29 ↓ -61%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $148.70 ↓ -56%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $154.45 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $165.79 ↓ -50%

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Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $519.20 $157.12 – $584.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $519.20 $157.12 – $584.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $111.20 $47.75 – $125.10
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $111.20 $47.75 – $125.10
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $334.90 $49.79 – $141.36
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $259.22 $25.59 – $178.11
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $334.90 $49.79 – $148.70
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $259.22 $25.59 – $178.11

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