Warde amino acids 6 or more quantitative each specimen 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

$343.73

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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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$716.10

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

$14.45 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $157.08 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.

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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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $14.45 ↓ -96%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $15.70 ↓ -95%
medicare medicare (m) $16.53 ↓ -95%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $16.53 ↓ -95%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $16.85 ↓ -95%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $16.85 ↓ -95%
medica medica medicare (m) $17.19 ↓ -95%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $17.36 ↓ -95%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $17.36 ↓ -95%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $18.56 ↓ -95%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $19.21 ↓ -94%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $21.06 ↓ -94%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $30.65 ↓ -91%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $35.44 ↓ -90%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $35.88 ↓ -90%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $37.62 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $38.09 ↓ -89%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $41.51 ↓ -88%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $44.81 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $48.11 ↓ -86%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $57.23 ↓ -83%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $65.92 ↓ -81%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $70.13 ↓ -80%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $83.03 ↓ -76%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $102.18 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $109.77 ↓ -68%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $113.13 ↓ -67%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $125.14 ↓ -64%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $130.90 ↓ -62%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $138.87 ↓ -60%
medica medica essentials (u m) $144.98 ↓ -58%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $144.98 ↓ -58%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $149.60 ↓ -56%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $152.59 ↓ -56%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $157.08 ↓ -54%

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Warde amino acids 6 or more quantitative each specimen at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $216.80 $65.61 – $243.90
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $177.60 $53.75 – $199.80
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $110.40 $47.40 – $124.20
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $110.40 $47.40 – $124.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $343.73 $14.45 – $41.02
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $401.02 $15.70 – $107.36
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $343.73 $14.45 – $57.23
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $401.02 $15.70 – $107.36

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