Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) 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

$55.30

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$115.20

Gross charge

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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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$8.89 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $49.05 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

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) $8.89 ↓ -84%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $9.81 ↓ -82%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $13.76 ↓ -75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $14.26 ↓ -74%
medicare medicare (m) $14.48 ↓ -74%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $14.48 ↓ -74%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $14.77 ↓ -73%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $14.77 ↓ -73%
medica medica medicare (m) $15.06 ↓ -73%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $15.20 ↓ -73%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $15.21 ↓ -72%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $15.58 ↓ -72%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $16.26 ↓ -71%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $16.58 ↓ -70%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $16.84 ↓ -70%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $18.46 ↓ -67%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $19.62 ↓ -65%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $24.15 ↓ -56%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $25.95 ↓ -53%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $26.53 ↓ -52%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $26.74 ↓ -52%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $29.58 ↓ -47%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $30.67 ↓ -45%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $30.94 ↓ -44%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $32.82 ↓ -41%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $34.27 ↓ -38%
medica medica essentials (u m) $34.27 ↓ -38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $35.36 ↓ -36%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $35.42 ↓ -36%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $36.07 ↓ -35%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $37.13 ↓ -33%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $37.60 ↓ -32%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $44.23 ↓ -20%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $47.49 ↓ -14%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $49.05 ↓ -11%

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Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $48.80 $14.77 – $54.90
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $48.80 $14.77 – $54.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $48.80 $14.77 – $54.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $48.80 $20.95 – $54.90
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $48.80 $20.95 – $54.90
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $55.30 $13.76 – $40.49
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $64.51 $13.76 – $51.01
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $55.30 $13.76 – $49.05

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