Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex 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

$62.02

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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.

$129.20

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.

$16.78 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $108.53 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) $16.78 ↓ -73%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $24.27 ↓ -61%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $25.55 ↓ -59%
medicare medicare (m) $25.55 ↓ -59%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $26.00 ↓ -58%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $26.05 ↓ -58%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $26.05 ↓ -58%
medica medica medicare (m) $26.57 ↓ -57%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $26.83 ↓ -57%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $26.83 ↓ -57%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $28.68 ↓ -54%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $28.68 ↓ -54%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $29.70 ↓ -52%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $32.56 ↓ -48%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $41.67 ↓ -33%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $44.23 ↓ -29%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $45.54 ↓ -27%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $47.15 ↓ -24%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $48.45 ↓ -22%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $52.04 ↓ -16%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $54.52 ↓ -12%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $55.86 ↓ -10%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $57.36 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $70.59 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $75.84 ↑ +22%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $78.17 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $86.46 ↑ +39%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $88.06 ↑ +42%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $90.44 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $95.94 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $100.17 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $100.17 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $103.36 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $105.43 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $108.53 ↑ +75%

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Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $156.00 $47.21 – $175.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $285.60 $86.43 – $321.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $247.20 $74.81 – $278.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $164.00 $49.63 – $184.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $285.60 $86.43 – $321.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $251.20 $107.86 – $282.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $251.20 $107.86 – $282.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $62.02 $16.78 – $47.62

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