Chest CT scan (with contrast) at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$431.81
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.
$899.60
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.
$90.50 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,379.00 with united healthcare (um) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $90.50 | ↓ -79% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $99.86 | ↓ -77% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $136.11 | ↓ -68% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $162.11 | ↓ -62% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $167.11 | ↓ -61% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $167.11 | ↓ -61% |
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $171.73 | ↓ -60% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $172.12 | ↓ -60% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $177.12 | ↓ -59% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $180.77 | ↓ -58% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $180.77 | ↓ -58% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $188.00 | ↓ -56% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $189.81 | ↓ -56% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $190.51 | ↓ -56% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $202.08 | ↓ -53% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $208.89 | ↓ -52% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $301.01 | ↓ -30% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $306.46 | ↓ -29% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $314.86 | ↓ -27% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $325.27 | ↓ -25% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $359.84 | ↓ -17% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $377.83 | ↓ -13% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $382.63 | ↓ -11% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $410.74 | ↓ -5% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $417.03 | ↓ -3% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $445.67 | ↑ +3% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $654.00 | ↑ +51% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $735.00 | ↑ +70% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $788.00 | ↑ +82% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $814.98 | ↑ +89% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $943.00 | ↑ +118% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $984.00 | ↑ +128% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $984.00 | ↑ +128% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $1,036.00 | ↑ +140% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $1,136.00 | ↑ +163% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $1,379.00 | ↑ +219% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Chest CT scan (with contrast) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $2,637.60 | $186.92 – $2,967.30 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $2,840.00 | $186.92 – $3,195.00 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $2,296.80 | $186.92 – $2,583.90 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $2,164.80 | $186.92 – $2,435.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $2,877.60 | $186.92 – $3,237.30 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,296.80 | $132.55 – $2,583.90 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $2,778.40 | $135.41 – $3,125.70 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $2,840.00 | $186.92 – $3,195.00 |