Clearance of airways 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

$187.25

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.

$390.10

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.

$33.48 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $509.19 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) $33.48 ↓ -82%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $78.49 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $83.16 ↓ -56%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $86.60 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $88.28 ↓ -53%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $103.86 ↓ -45%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $111.48 ↓ -40%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $137.51 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $146.29 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $173.20 ↓ -8%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $185.22 ↓ -1%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $202.37 ↑ +8%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $208.63 ↑ +11%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $208.63 ↑ +11%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $213.15 ↑ +14%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $214.39 ↑ +14%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $214.89 ↑ +15%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $225.67 ↑ +21%
medicare medicare (m) $225.67 ↑ +21%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $228.99 ↑ +22%
medica medica medicare (m) $234.70 ↑ +25%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $236.95 ↑ +27%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $237.84 ↑ +27%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $252.27 ↑ +35%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $260.79 ↑ +39%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $261.05 ↑ +39%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↑ +45%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $273.07 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $289.69 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $302.44 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $302.44 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $312.08 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $318.32 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $327.68 ↑ +75%
health partners hpi (u m) $328.33 ↑ +75%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $509.19 ↑ +172%

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Clearance of airways at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $282.40 $85.46 – $317.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $144.80 $43.82 – $162.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $192.80 $82.78 – $216.90
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $192.80 $82.78 – $216.90
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $187.25 $33.48 – $260.79
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $54.26 $41.31 – $234.23
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $187.25 $33.48 – $509.19
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $54.26 $41.31 – $246.53

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