CT colonography dx w/dye 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

$1,079.57

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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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$2,249.10

Gross charge

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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.

$162.11 with health partners vs $1,889.24 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.

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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

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
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $162.11 ↓ -85%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $167.11 ↓ -85%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $167.11 ↓ -85%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $171.73 ↓ -84%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $172.12 ↓ -84%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $177.12 ↓ -84%
medicare medicare (m) $180.77 ↓ -83%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $180.77 ↓ -83%
medica medica medicare (m) $188.00 ↓ -83%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $189.81 ↓ -82%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $190.51 ↓ -82%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $202.08 ↓ -81%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $208.89 ↓ -81%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $445.67 ↓ -59%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $452.52 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $497.02 ↓ -54%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $499.30 ↓ -54%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $654.00 ↓ -39%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $735.00 ↓ -32%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $788.00 ↓ -27%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $814.98 ↓ -25%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $943.00 ↓ -13%
medica medica essentials (u m) $984.00 ↓ -9%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $984.00 ↓ -9%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,036.00 ↓ -4%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $1,119.10 ↑ +4%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,136.00 ↑ +5%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $1,187.81 ↑ +10%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $1,379.00 ↑ +28%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $1,397.26 ↑ +29%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $1,499.93 ↑ +39%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,505.10 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $1,574.37 ↑ +46%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $1,799.28 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,889.24 ↑ +75%

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CT colonography dx w/dye at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,632.80 $132.55 – $1,836.90
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,079.57 $162.11 – $1,278.90
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $2,281.27 $167.11 – $1,657.01
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,079.57 $162.11 – $1,136.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $2,281.27 $167.11 – $1,657.01
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $2,281.27 $167.11 – $1,657.01
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $2,281.27 $167.11 – $1,657.01
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $2,281.27 $167.11 – $2,931.75

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