Bowel imaging 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

$595.10

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.

$1,239.80

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.

$249.45 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,949.52 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $249.45 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $275.24 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $365.92 ↓ -39%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $380.88 ↓ -36%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $380.88 ↓ -36%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $391.40 ↓ -34%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $392.31 ↓ -34%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $399.80 ↓ -33%
medicare medicare (m) $412.00 ↓ -31%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $412.00 ↓ -31%
medica medica medicare (m) $428.48 ↓ -28%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $432.60 ↓ -27%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $434.20 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $437.03 ↓ -27%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $460.57 ↓ -23%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $464.92 ↓ -22%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $476.10 ↓ -20%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $550.47 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $677.43 ↑ +14%
health partners hpi (u m) $730.78 ↑ +23%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $750.08 ↑ +26%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $761.96 ↑ +28%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $829.67 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $867.86 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $920.68 ↑ +55%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $961.22 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $961.22 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $991.84 ↑ +67%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,005.98 ↑ +69%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,011.68 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,041.43 ↑ +75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $1,454.16 ↑ +144%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,492.26 ↑ +151%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $1,543.81 ↑ +159%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $1,816.13 ↑ +205%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $1,949.52 ↑ +228%

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Bowel imaging at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,508.00 $421.92 – $1,696.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,608.00 $421.92 – $1,809.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,667.20 $421.92 – $1,875.60
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,551.20 $297.55 – $1,745.10
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,430.40 $303.98 – $1,609.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,608.00 $421.92 – $1,809.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,369.60 $421.92 – $1,540.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,369.60 $421.92 – $1,540.80

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