Computed tomographic angiography head and neck with contrast at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$863.71
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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$1,799.40
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$319.03 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,511.50 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — 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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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $319.03 | ↓ -63% |
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $341.56 | ↓ -60% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $359.54 | ↓ -58% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $359.54 | ↓ -58% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $362.04 | ↓ -58% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $373.92 | ↓ -57% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $377.52 | ↓ -56% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $399.33 | ↓ -54% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $399.47 | ↓ -54% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $401.93 | ↓ -53% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $584.81 | ↓ -32% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $589.66 | ↓ -32% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $634.29 | ↓ -27% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $654.00 | ↓ -24% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $674.78 | ↓ -22% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $687.91 | ↓ -20% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $738.47 | ↓ -15% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $943.00 | ↑ +9% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $983.19 | ↑ +14% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $984.00 | ↑ +14% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $984.00 | ↑ +14% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $1,036.00 | ↑ +20% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $1,056.25 | ↑ +22% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,204.16 | ↑ +39% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $1,215.95 | ↑ +41% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $1,235.95 | ↑ +43% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $1,259.58 | ↑ +46% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $1,379.00 | ↑ +60% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $1,439.52 | ↑ +67% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,511.50 | ↑ +75% |
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Computed tomographic angiography head and neck with contrast at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $3,008.00 | $910.30 – $3,384.00 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $4,000.00 | $1,210.50 – $4,500.00 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $3,060.00 | $926.03 – $3,442.50 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $3,008.00 | $910.30 – $3,384.00 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $4,000.00 | $2,250.00 – $4,500.00 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $3,008.00 | $910.30 – $3,384.00 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $3,600.00 | $1,545.75 – $4,050.00 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $3,600.00 | $1,545.75 – $4,050.00 |