Flexible metal hinge pair 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

$409.82

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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.

$853.80

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $717.19 with medica ubh (m) — 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
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $105.63 ↓ -74%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $171.78 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $189.54 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $237.84 ↓ -42%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $252.44 ↓ -38%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $254.05 ↓ -38%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $267.42 ↓ -35%
medicare medicare (m) $267.42 ↓ -35%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $271.53 ↓ -34%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $271.53 ↓ -34%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $271.77 ↓ -34%
medica medica medicare (m) $278.12 ↓ -32%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $279.68 ↓ -32%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $280.79 ↓ -31%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $296.96 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $300.96 ↓ -27%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $309.54 ↓ -24%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $318.78 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $320.17 ↓ -22%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $339.41 ↓ -17%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $379.09 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $466.52 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $501.18 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $571.36 ↑ +39%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $634.03 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $661.95 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $661.95 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $683.04 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $696.70 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $717.19 ↑ +75%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $717.19 ↑ +75%

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Flexible metal hinge pair at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $409.82 $105.63 – $339.41
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $478.13 $151.71 – $630.02
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $409.82 $105.63 – $339.41
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $478.13 $151.71 – $630.02
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $349.94 $158.28 – $511.04
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $478.13 $151.71 – $630.02
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $478.13 $151.71 – $630.02
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $478.13 $155.48 – $623.08

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