Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine 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

$207.89

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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.

$433.10

Gross charge

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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.

$20.32 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $246.54 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
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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) $20.32 ↓ -90%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $27.32 ↓ -87%
medicare medicare (m) $28.76 ↓ -86%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $28.76 ↓ -86%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $29.32 ↓ -86%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $29.32 ↓ -86%
medica medica medicare (m) $29.91 ↓ -86%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $30.20 ↓ -85%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $30.20 ↓ -85%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $32.29 ↓ -84%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $33.42 ↓ -84%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $36.65 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $50.46 ↓ -76%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $53.05 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $53.57 ↓ -74%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $59.05 ↓ -72%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $61.34 ↓ -70%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $63.02 ↓ -70%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $65.16 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $67.65 ↓ -67%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $99.07 ↓ -52%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $103.46 ↓ -50%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $110.06 ↓ -47%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $130.31 ↓ -37%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $160.37 ↓ -23%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $172.28 ↓ -17%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $177.57 ↓ -15%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $196.41 ↓ -6%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $205.45 ↓ -1%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $217.95 ↑ +5%
medica medica essentials (u m) $227.55 ↑ +9%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $227.55 ↑ +9%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $234.80 ↑ +13%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $239.50 ↑ +15%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $246.54 ↑ +19%

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Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $155.20 $46.97 – $174.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $296.00 $34.86 – $129.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $204.00 $30.50 – $113.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $98.40 $29.78 – $110.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $296.00 $34.86 – $129.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $131.20 $48.43 – $126.90
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $131.20 $48.43 – $126.90
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $207.89 $20.32 – $57.68

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