Elbow inter loc elbow forarm 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

$5,477.47

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$11,411.40

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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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$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $9,585.58 with medica ubh (m) — 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

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
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $1,540.30 ↓ -72%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $2,295.97 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $2,533.33 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $3,468.13 ↓ -37%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $3,681.09 ↓ -33%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $3,704.36 ↓ -32%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $3,899.33 ↓ -29%
medicare medicare (m) $3,899.33 ↓ -29%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $3,959.16 ↓ -28%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $3,959.16 ↓ -28%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $3,962.73 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $4,022.52 ↓ -27%
medica medica medicare (m) $4,055.30 ↓ -26%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $4,077.93 ↓ -26%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $4,094.30 ↓ -25%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $4,279.27 ↓ -22%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $4,330.15 ↓ -21%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $4,513.44 ↓ -18%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $4,648.35 ↓ -15%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $4,948.95 ↓ -10%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $5,066.66 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $6,235.19 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $6,698.49 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $7,636.51 ↑ +39%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $8,474.11 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $8,847.26 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $8,847.26 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $9,129.12 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $9,311.70 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $9,585.58 ↑ +75%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $9,585.58 ↑ +75%

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Elbow inter loc elbow forarm at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $5,477.47 $1,540.30 – $4,948.95
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $6,390.38 $2,212.25 – $8,420.44
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $5,477.47 $1,540.30 – $4,948.95
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $6,390.38 $2,212.25 – $8,420.44
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $4,932.31 $2,307.98 – $7,202.85
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $6,390.38 $2,212.25 – $8,420.44
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $6,390.38 $2,212.25 – $8,420.44
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $6,390.38 $2,267.17 – $9,085.64

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