Brace knee support neoprene padded open patella med 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

$190.75

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$397.40

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $148.40 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $5.49 ↓ -97%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $6.06 ↓ -97%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $9.62 ↓ -95%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $10.24 ↓ -95%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $12.12 ↓ -94%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $14.92 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $16.03 ↓ -92%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $18.27 ↓ -90%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $20.27 ↓ -89%
medica medica essentials (u m) $21.17 ↓ -89%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $21.17 ↓ -89%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $21.84 ↓ -89%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $22.28 ↓ -88%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $22.93 ↓ -88%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $22.93 ↓ -88%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $25.52 ↓ -87%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $26.86 ↓ -86%
medicare medicare (m) $26.86 ↓ -86%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $27.30 ↓ -86%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $27.30 ↓ -86%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $27.30 ↓ -86%
medica medica medicare (m) $27.93 ↓ -85%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $28.12 ↓ -85%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $28.20 ↓ -85%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $31.12 ↓ -84%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $34.13 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $49.18 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $110.73 ↓ -42%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $117.53 ↓ -38%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $138.24 ↓ -28%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $148.40 ↓ -22%

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Brace knee support neoprene padded open patella med at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $133.60 $45.11 – $155.33
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $190.75 $25.52 – $126.54
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $222.54 $18.48 – $163.95
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $190.75 $25.52 – $49.18
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $222.54 $18.48 – $163.95
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $162.90 $10.51 – $204.26
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $222.54 $18.48 – $163.95
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $222.54 $18.48 – $163.95

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