Brain biopsy w/ct/mr guide at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$1,416.91
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,951.90
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$272.00 with united healthcare (um) vs $8,280.88 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $272.00 | ↓ -81% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $479.98 | ↓ -66% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $529.60 | ↓ -63% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $840.92 | ↓ -41% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $876.52 | ↓ -38% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $876.52 | ↓ -38% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $894.60 | ↓ -37% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $902.82 | ↓ -36% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $999.23 | ↓ -29% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $1,059.21 | ↓ -25% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $1,095.65 | ↓ -23% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $1,303.49 | ↓ -8% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $1,400.35 | ↓ -1% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,596.44 | ↑ +13% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $1,669.92 | ↑ +18% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $1,771.55 | ↑ +25% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $1,849.56 | ↑ +31% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $1,849.56 | ↑ +31% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $1,908.48 | ↑ +35% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $1,946.65 | ↑ +37% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $2,003.90 | ↑ +41% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $2,203.85 | ↑ +56% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $2,548.13 | ↑ +80% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $3,236.53 | ↑ +128% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $4,115.68 | ↑ +190% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $6,176.77 | ↑ +336% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $6,557.53 | ↑ +363% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $7,714.26 | ↑ +444% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $8,280.88 | ↑ +484% |
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Brain biopsy w/ct/mr guide at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $1,416.91 | $876.52 – $7,714.26 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $1,416.91 | $876.52 – $7,714.26 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | not published | $1,157.38 – $1,279.21 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | not published | $1,157.38 – $1,279.21 |