Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$26.13
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.
$54.44
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.
$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $36.18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $0.63 | ↓ -98% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $0.71 | ↓ -97% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $0.83 | ↓ -97% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $0.86 | ↓ -97% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $0.90 | ↓ -97% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $8.67 | ↓ -67% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $9.56 | ↓ -63% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $15.18 | ↓ -42% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $16.15 | ↓ -38% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $19.12 | ↓ -27% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $23.53 | ↓ -10% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $25.28 | ↓ -3% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $28.82 | ↑ +10% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $30.15 | ↑ +15% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $30.89 | ↑ +18% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $32.25 | ↑ +23% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $32.25 | ↑ +23% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $33.94 | ↑ +30% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $34.46 | ↑ +32% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $36.18 | ↑ +38% |
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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $324.00 | $19.61 – $72.90 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $72.00 | $18.16 – $67.50 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $18.76 | $3.86 – $14.35 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $40.00 | $6.05 – $22.50 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $47.20 | $14.28 – $53.09 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $18.00 | $1.02 – $14.68 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $59.91 | $1.00 – $39.89 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $60.00 | $18.16 – $67.50 |