Bx breast pq tomo guide 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

$242.54

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.

$505.30

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.

$86.74 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $9,586.81 with health partners — 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $86.74 ↓ -64%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $98.43 ↓ -59%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $108.60 ↓ -55%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $158.99 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $160.31 ↓ -34%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $187.02 ↓ -23%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $200.77 ↓ -17%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $287.16 ↑ +18%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $327.37 ↑ +35%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $342.44 ↑ +41%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $391.36 ↑ +61%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $410.93 ↑ +69%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $1,935.00 ↑ +698%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $2,104.00 ↑ +767%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,255.00 ↑ +830%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,243.00 ↑ +1237%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $3,487.03 ↑ +1338%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $3,571.02 ↑ +1372%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $3,571.02 ↑ +1372%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $3,678.15 ↑ +1417%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $3,810.06 ↑ +1471%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $3,833.44 ↑ +1481%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $4,035.20 ↑ +1564%
medicare medicare (m) $4,035.20 ↑ +1564%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $4,070.96 ↑ +1578%
medica medica medicare (m) $4,196.61 ↑ +1630%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $4,236.96 ↑ +1647%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $4,463.77 ↑ +1740%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $4,510.89 ↑ +1760%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $4,640.00 ↑ +1813%
medica medica essentials (u m) $4,845.00 ↑ +1898%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $4,845.00 ↑ +1898%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $5,099.00 ↑ +2002%
health partners hpi (u m) $8,530.62 ↑ +3417%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $9,257.00 ↑ +3717%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $9,586.81 ↑ +3853%

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Bx breast pq tomo guide at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $4,400.00 $2,506.35 – $4,950.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $242.54 $1,935.00 – $4,845.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $242.54 $1,935.00 – $9,586.81
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $239.06 $169.32 – $4,035.20
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $4,020.74 – $4,020.74
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $4,020.74 – $4,020.74
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $4,020.74 – $4,020.74
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $4,020.74 – $4,020.74

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