Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr 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

$143.95

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.

$299.90

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.

$16.43 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $89.16 with health partners — 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) $16.43 ↓ -89%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $17.26 ↓ -88%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $19.05 ↓ -87%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $24.66 ↓ -83%
medicare medicare (m) $25.96 ↓ -82%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $25.96 ↓ -82%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $26.47 ↓ -82%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $26.47 ↓ -82%
medica medica medicare (m) $27.00 ↓ -81%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $27.26 ↓ -81%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $27.26 ↓ -81%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $29.14 ↓ -80%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $30.18 ↓ -79%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $30.24 ↓ -79%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $32.17 ↓ -78%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $33.09 ↓ -77%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $38.10 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $40.80 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $43.32 ↓ -70%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $46.88 ↓ -67%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $47.74 ↓ -67%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $50.36 ↓ -65%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $50.95 ↓ -65%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $51.91 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $54.70 ↓ -62%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $55.20 ↓ -62%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $57.42 ↓ -60%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $60.06 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $63.72 ↓ -56%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $66.52 ↓ -54%
medica medica essentials (u m) $66.52 ↓ -54%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $68.64 ↓ -52%
health partners hpi (u m) $68.74 ↓ -52%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $70.01 ↓ -51%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $72.07 ↓ -50%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $89.16 ↓ -38%

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Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $90.40 $21.55 – $80.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $131.20 $39.70 – $147.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $121.60 $36.80 – $136.80
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $299.20 $25.17 – $154.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $131.20 $39.70 – $147.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $143.95 $16.43 – $47.74
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $131.60 $20.27 – $63.31
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $143.95 $16.43 – $89.16

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