Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track 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

$140.50

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.

$292.70

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.

$19.47 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,911.00 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $19.47 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $43.86 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $46.54 ↓ -67%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $54.75 ↓ -61%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $58.78 ↓ -58%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $58.89 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $64.98 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $103.18 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $109.76 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $129.96 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $159.93 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $171.81 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $195.87 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $204.89 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $217.36 ↑ +55%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $226.93 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $226.93 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $234.16 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $238.84 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $245.87 ↑ +75%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $1,911.00 ↑ +1260%

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Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $566.40 $171.41 – $637.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $566.40 $171.41 – $637.20
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $500.00 $151.31 – $562.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $555.20 $1.00 – $624.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $566.40 $171.41 – $637.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $140.50 $19.47 – $1,911.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $173.26 $27.97 – $2,083.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $140.50 $19.47 – $1,866.00

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