Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) 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

$830.21

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$1,729.60

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.

$192.78 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,372.67 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.

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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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $192.78 ↓ -77%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $312.24 ↓ -62%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $344.52 ↓ -59%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $434.05 ↓ -48%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $460.71 ↓ -45%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $499.30 ↓ -40%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $520.60 ↓ -37%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $520.60 ↓ -37%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $534.96 ↓ -36%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $536.22 ↓ -35%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $541.94 ↓ -35%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $545.54 ↓ -34%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $547.04 ↓ -34%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $563.12 ↓ -32%
medicare medicare (m) $563.12 ↓ -32%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $581.77 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $581.96 ↓ -30%
medica medica medicare (m) $585.64 ↓ -29%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $591.28 ↓ -29%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $593.48 ↓ -29%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $629.51 ↓ -24%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $650.75 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $689.04 ↓ -17%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $737.46 ↓ -11%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $847.96 ↑ +2%
health partners hpi (u m) $915.64 ↑ +10%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $938.90 ↑ +13%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,038.53 ↑ +25%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $1,086.33 ↑ +31%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $1,152.44 ↑ +39%
medica medica essentials (u m) $1,203.19 ↑ +45%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $1,203.19 ↑ +45%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $1,241.52 ↑ +50%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,266.35 ↑ +53%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,303.60 ↑ +57%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,372.67 ↑ +65%

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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $2,481.60 $575.70 – $2,791.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $2,535.20 $575.70 – $2,852.10
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $2,280.00 $575.70 – $2,565.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,397.60 $575.70 – $1,572.30
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $2,258.40 $575.70 – $2,540.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,280.00 $397.99 – $2,565.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $2,164.80 $406.59 – $2,435.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $2,535.20 $575.70 – $2,852.10

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