Cystogram >= 3 views supervision & interpretation 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

$696.43

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$1,450.90

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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.

$180.00 with medica dual solutions (e g) vs $1,218.76 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — same scan, same building. Share

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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
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $180.00 ↓ -74%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $238.00 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $247.24 ↓ -64%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $249.00 ↓ -64%
medica medica essentials (u m) $249.00 ↓ -64%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $262.00 ↓ -62%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $291.92 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $322.10 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $325.21 ↓ -53%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $326.00 ↓ -53%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $332.39 ↓ -52%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $332.39 ↓ -52%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $341.56 ↓ -51%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $342.36 ↓ -51%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $355.32 ↓ -49%
medicare medicare (m) $359.54 ↓ -48%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $359.54 ↓ -48%
medica medica medicare (m) $373.92 ↓ -46%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $377.52 ↓ -46%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $378.92 ↓ -46%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $401.93 ↓ -42%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $415.49 ↓ -40%
health partners hpi (u m) $421.74 ↓ -39%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $614.06 ↓ -12%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $651.89 ↓ -6%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $735.00 ↑ +6%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $766.87 ↑ +10%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $788.00 ↑ +13%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $823.20 ↑ +18%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $851.68 ↑ +22%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $894.08 ↑ +28%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $970.94 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $1,015.63 ↑ +46%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,136.00 ↑ +63%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $1,160.72 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,218.76 ↑ +75%

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Cystogram >= 3 views supervision & interpretation at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $876.00 $265.10 – $985.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $856.00 $259.05 – $963.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $804.00 $243.31 – $904.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $478.40 $144.78 – $538.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $844.00 $277.45 – $949.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $552.00 $267.51 – $621.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $856.00 $259.05 – $963.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $793.60 $340.75 – $892.80

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