Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution 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

$1,396.86

Cash price

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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.

$2,910.12

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $55.30 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
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $9.69 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $10.93 ↓ -99%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $12.87 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $13.14 ↓ -99%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $13.24 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $13.81 ↓ -99%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $14.61 ↓ -99%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $23.21 ↓ -98%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $24.69 ↓ -98%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $29.23 ↓ -98%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $35.97 ↓ -97%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $38.64 ↓ -97%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $44.05 ↓ -97%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $46.08 ↓ -97%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $47.21 ↓ -97%
medica medica essentials (u m) $49.29 ↓ -96%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $49.29 ↓ -96%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $51.87 ↓ -96%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $52.66 ↓ -96%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $55.30 ↓ -96%

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Zoledronic acid 4 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $263.52 $20.86 – $77.54
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $197.44 $19.60 – $72.86
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $127.51 $24.42 – $90.79
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,639.80 $8.70 – $32.36
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $400.16 $19.85 – $73.81
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $163.71 $1.02 – $61.52
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $108.24 $1.00 – $72.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $166.44 $19.57 – $72.76

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