Ecg external < 48 hours scanning analysis w/report 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

$345.60

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.

$720.00

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.

$54.09 with health partners vs $947.00 with united healthcare (um) — 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
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $54.09 ↓ -84%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $56.21 ↓ -84%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $56.21 ↓ -84%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $57.76 ↓ -83%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $57.90 ↓ -83%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $59.09 ↓ -83%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $60.80 ↓ -82%
medicare medicare (m) $60.80 ↓ -82%
medica medica medicare (m) $63.23 ↓ -82%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $63.84 ↓ -82%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $64.08 ↓ -81%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $64.96 ↓ -81%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $67.97 ↓ -80%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $70.26 ↓ -80%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $144.86 ↓ -58%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $148.70 ↓ -57%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $159.84 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $161.34 ↓ -53%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $171.29 ↓ -50%
health partners hpi (u m) $200.30 ↓ -42%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $201.50 ↓ -42%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $216.29 ↓ -37%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $253.80 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $270.00 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $319.68 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $393.41 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $422.64 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $481.82 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $504.00 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $534.67 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $558.22 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $558.22 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $576.00 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $587.52 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $604.80 ↑ +75%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $947.00 ↑ +174%

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Ecg external < 48 hours scanning analysis w/report at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $826.40 $62.37 – $929.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $676.80 $62.37 – $761.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $598.40 $62.37 – $673.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $671.20 $62.37 – $755.10
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $776.80 $45.08 – $873.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $676.80 $62.37 – $761.40
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $345.60 $54.09 – $184.42
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $479.53 $56.21 – $631.86

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