Brach/thor cath 3rd at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$2,382.38
Cash price 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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$4,963.30
Gross charge 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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$468.00 with medica dual solutions (e g) vs $4,169.17 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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.
Full explanation →
?
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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $468.00 | ↓ -80% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $760.36 | ↓ -68% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $998.62 | ↓ -58% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $1,101.85 | ↓ -54% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $1,158.00 | ↓ -51% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $1,210.00 | ↓ -49% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $1,210.00 | ↓ -49% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $1,273.00 | ↓ -47% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $1,451.11 | ↓ -39% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $1,540.57 | ↓ -35% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $1,812.31 | ↓ -24% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $1,945.43 | ↓ -18% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $2,456.00 | ↑ +3% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $2,580.00 | ↑ +8% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $2,626.00 | ↑ +10% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $2,913.46 | ↑ +22% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $3,321.44 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $3,474.31 | ↑ +46% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $3,784.00 | ↑ +59% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $3,970.64 | ↑ +67% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $4,169.17 | ↑ +75% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Brach/thor cath 3rd at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,957.60 | $1.02 – $2,202.30 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $2,382.38 | $468.00 – $3,784.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $1,197.56 | $432.00 – $2,030.82 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $2,382.38 | $468.00 – $3,784.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $1,197.56 | $432.00 – $2,030.82 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $1,197.56 | $432.00 – $2,030.82 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $1,197.56 | $432.00 – $2,030.82 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $1,197.56 | $819.67 – $3,583.37 |