Smear wet mount at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$93.02
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.
$193.80
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.
$5.42 with allina aetna medicare (m) vs $63.34 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $5.42 | ↓ -94% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $5.70 | ↓ -94% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $5.70 | ↓ -94% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $5.81 | ↓ -94% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $5.81 | ↓ -94% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $5.93 | ↓ -94% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $5.98 | ↓ -94% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $5.99 | ↓ -94% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $6.40 | ↓ -93% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $6.62 | ↓ -93% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $7.26 | ↓ -92% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $10.61 | ↓ -89% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $10.88 | ↓ -88% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $12.27 | ↓ -87% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $15.17 | ↓ -84% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $16.74 | ↓ -82% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $19.82 | ↓ -79% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $26.58 | ↓ -71% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $27.03 | ↓ -71% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $28.28 | ↓ -70% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $28.69 | ↓ -69% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $33.48 | ↓ -64% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $33.76 | ↓ -64% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $36.23 | ↓ -61% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $41.20 | ↓ -56% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $44.26 | ↓ -52% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $45.62 | ↓ -51% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $50.46 | ↓ -46% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $52.78 | ↓ -43% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $55.99 | ↓ -40% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $58.46 | ↓ -37% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $58.46 | ↓ -37% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $60.32 | ↓ -35% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $61.53 | ↓ -34% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $63.34 | ↓ -32% |
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Smear wet mount at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $63.20 | $19.13 – $71.10 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $101.60 | $30.26 – $112.50 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $48.00 | $14.53 – $54.00 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $41.60 | $11.86 – $44.10 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $101.60 | $30.26 – $112.50 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $72.00 | $30.92 – $81.00 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $72.00 | $30.92 – $81.00 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $93.02 | $5.42 – $30.90 |