Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$436.13
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.
$908.60
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.
$51.59 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $2,045.11 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.
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 |
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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $51.59 | ↓ -88% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $128.13 | ↓ -71% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $136.01 | ↓ -69% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $160.01 | ↓ -63% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $171.77 | ↓ -61% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $182.81 | ↓ -58% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $201.71 | ↓ -54% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $285.50 | ↓ -35% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $285.50 | ↓ -35% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $294.06 | ↓ -33% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $320.28 | ↓ -27% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $325.47 | ↓ -25% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $340.73 | ↓ -22% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $356.88 | ↓ -18% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $403.42 | ↓ -8% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $496.46 | ↑ +14% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $533.35 | ↑ +22% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $549.70 | ↑ +26% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $608.04 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $636.02 | ↑ +46% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $674.73 | ↑ +55% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $704.44 | ↑ +62% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $704.44 | ↑ +62% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $726.88 | ↑ +67% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $741.42 | ↑ +70% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $743.90 | ↑ +71% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $763.22 | ↑ +75% |
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $788.80 | ↑ +81% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $812.78 | ↑ +86% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $830.32 | ↑ +90% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $830.32 | ↑ +90% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $863.53 | ↑ +98% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $871.84 | ↑ +100% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $928.20 | ↑ +113% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $967.78 | ↑ +122% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $2,045.11 | ↑ +369% |
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Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $745.60 | $225.64 – $838.80 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $1,002.40 | $303.35 – $1,127.70 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $716.00 | $216.68 – $805.50 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,016.80 | $307.71 – $1,143.90 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,336.00 | $620.35 – $1,503.00 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,336.00 | $633.76 – $1,503.00 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $1,002.40 | $303.35 – $1,127.70 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $694.40 | $298.16 – $781.20 |