Vancomycin 1,000 mg intravenous injection 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

$376.73

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$784.85

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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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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $42.51 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — same scan, same building. Share

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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
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $8.97 ↓ -98%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $10.18 ↓ -97%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $11.03 ↓ -97%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $11.24 ↓ -97%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $11.44 ↓ -97%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $16.45 ↓ -96%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $16.58 ↓ -96%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $17.84 ↓ -95%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $18.98 ↓ -95%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $19.35 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $20.77 ↓ -94%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $22.47 ↓ -94%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $27.65 ↓ -93%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $29.71 ↓ -92%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $33.59 ↓ -91%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $33.87 ↓ -91%
health partners hpi (u m) $34.08 ↓ -91%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $35.43 ↓ -91%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $36.29 ↓ -90%
medica medica essentials (u m) $37.89 ↓ -90%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $37.89 ↓ -90%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $39.88 ↓ -89%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $40.49 ↓ -89%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $42.51 ↓ -89%

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Vancomycin 1,000 mg intravenous injection at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $74.49 $18.55 – $68.95
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $73.00 $18.59 – $69.09
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $63.00 $15.02 – $55.82
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $33.37 $7.62 – $28.31
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $115.27 $18.55 – $68.96
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $112.56 $26.01 – $52.01
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $69.22 $29.99 – $69.62
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $65.55 $18.44 – $68.55

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