Caregiver training strategies&tq 1st 30 minutes 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

$97.01

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.

$202.10

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.

$28.62 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $317.00 with united healthcare (um) — 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) $28.62 ↓ -70%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $32.47 ↓ -67%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $35.83 ↓ -63%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $42.06 ↓ -57%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $42.06 ↓ -57%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $43.32 ↓ -55%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $47.95 ↓ -51%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $49.63 ↓ -49%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $52.24 ↓ -46%
medicare medicare (m) $52.24 ↓ -46%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $52.46 ↓ -46%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $52.58 ↓ -46%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $52.89 ↓ -45%
medica medica medicare (m) $54.33 ↓ -44%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $54.85 ↓ -43%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $58.40 ↓ -40%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $61.70 ↓ -36%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $66.24 ↓ -32%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $93.13 ↓ -4%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $94.74 ↓ -2%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $107.68 ↑ +11%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $108.01 ↑ +11%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $112.98 ↑ +16%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $119.18 ↑ +23%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $129.12 ↑ +33%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $135.58 ↑ +40%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $152.00 ↑ +57%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $172.00 ↑ +77%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $186.00 ↑ +92%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $222.00 ↑ +129%
medica medica essentials (u m) $232.00 ↑ +139%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $232.00 ↑ +139%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $244.00 ↑ +152%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $264.00 ↑ +172%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $317.00 ↑ +227%

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Caregiver training strategies&tq 1st 30 minutes at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $120.00 $36.32 – $135.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $129.60 $39.22 – $145.80
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $140.80 $42.61 – $158.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $136.00 $41.16 – $153.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $123.20 $37.28 – $138.60
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $140.80 $49.27 – $158.40
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $127.20 $49.27 – $143.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $129.60 $39.22 – $145.80

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