Echo transthoracic at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$745.54
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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,553.20
Gross charge 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.
$219.52 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,534.83 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.
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) | $219.52 | ↓ -71% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $312.24 | ↓ -58% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $344.52 | ↓ -54% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $494.27 | ↓ -34% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $499.30 | ↓ -33% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $520.60 | ↓ -30% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $520.60 | ↓ -30% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $524.62 | ↓ -30% |
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $534.96 | ↓ -28% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $536.22 | ↓ -28% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $545.54 | ↓ -27% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $547.04 | ↓ -27% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $563.12 | ↓ -24% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $563.12 | ↓ -24% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $581.96 | ↓ -22% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $585.64 | ↓ -21% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $591.28 | ↓ -21% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $593.48 | ↓ -20% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $617.12 | ↓ -17% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $629.51 | ↓ -16% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $650.75 | ↓ -13% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $662.46 | ↓ -11% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $689.04 | ↓ -8% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $737.46 | ↓ -1% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $847.96 | ↑ +14% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $938.90 | ↑ +26% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,038.53 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $1,086.33 | ↑ +46% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $1,152.44 | ↑ +55% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $1,203.19 | ↑ +61% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $1,203.19 | ↑ +61% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $1,241.52 | ↑ +67% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $1,266.35 | ↑ +70% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,303.60 | ↑ +75% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $1,372.67 | ↑ +84% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $1,534.83 | ↑ +106% |
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Echo transthoracic at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $2,382.40 | $575.70 – $2,680.20 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $2,436.80 | $575.70 – $2,741.40 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $1,522.40 | $460.72 – $1,712.70 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $2,082.40 | $575.70 – $2,342.70 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,712.00 | $397.99 – $1,926.00 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $2,061.60 | $406.59 – $2,319.30 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $2,436.80 | $575.70 – $2,741.40 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,880.00 | $575.70 – $2,115.00 |