Inj epidural sgl cerv-thor without img 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

$862.70

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$1,797.30

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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.

$272.00 with united healthcare (um) vs $3,028.85 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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
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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) $272.00 ↓ -68%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $307.51 ↓ -64%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $339.30 ↓ -61%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $538.76 ↓ -38%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $573.15 ↓ -34%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $630.63 ↓ -27%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $672.53 ↓ -22%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $672.53 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $678.61 ↓ -21%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $689.02 ↓ -20%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $691.10 ↓ -20%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $692.71 ↓ -20%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $727.47 ↓ -16%
medicare medicare (m) $727.47 ↓ -16%
medica medica medicare (m) $756.57 ↓ -12%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $763.84 ↓ -11%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $766.68 ↓ -11%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $813.23 ↓ -6%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $835.12 ↓ -3%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $840.66 ↓ -3%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $897.17 ↑ +4%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $1,003.65 ↑ +16%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,022.81 ↑ +19%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $1,069.88 ↑ +24%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $1,134.99 ↑ +32%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $1,184.97 ↑ +37%
medica medica essentials (u m) $1,184.97 ↑ +37%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $1,222.72 ↑ +42%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,247.17 ↑ +45%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,283.86 ↑ +49%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,733.71 ↑ +101%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $2,259.82 ↑ +162%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $2,398.58 ↑ +178%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $2,821.51 ↑ +227%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $3,028.85 ↑ +251%

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Inj epidural sgl cerv-thor without img at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,161.60 $498.76 – $1,306.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,161.60 $498.76 – $1,306.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $862.70 $630.63 – $3,243.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $764.46 $672.53 – $3,572.45
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $862.70 $630.63 – $3,243.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $764.46 $672.53 – $3,572.45
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $594.16 $347.92 – $4,168.80
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $764.46 $672.53 – $3,760.50

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