Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral single level at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$1,921.20
Cash price 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.
$4,002.50
Gross charge 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.
$628.58 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $4,301.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $628.58 | ↓ -67% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $735.57 | ↓ -62% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $810.73 | ↓ -58% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $811.61 | ↓ -58% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $842.69 | ↓ -56% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $842.69 | ↓ -56% |
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $865.95 | ↓ -55% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $867.97 | ↓ -55% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $885.79 | ↓ -54% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $911.53 | ↓ -53% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $911.53 | ↓ -53% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $947.99 | ↓ -51% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $957.11 | ↓ -50% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $960.67 | ↓ -50% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $1,018.99 | ↓ -47% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $1,053.36 | ↓ -45% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $1,324.00 | ↓ -31% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $1,561.20 | ↓ -19% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $1,657.39 | ↓ -14% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $1,806.04 | ↓ -6% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $1,949.72 | ↑ +1% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $2,092.93 | ↑ +9% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $2,104.00 | ↑ +10% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $2,146.01 | ↑ +12% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $2,228.83 | ↑ +16% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $2,255.00 | ↑ +17% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $2,446.53 | ↑ +27% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $2,457.00 | ↑ +28% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $2,559.13 | ↑ +33% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $2,565.00 | ↑ +34% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $2,565.00 | ↑ +34% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $2,700.00 | ↑ +41% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $2,924.72 | ↑ +52% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $3,070.96 | ↑ +60% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $3,243.00 | ↑ +69% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $4,301.00 | ↑ +124% |
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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet lumbar/sacral single level at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,364.80 | $657.57 – $2,660.40 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,792.00 | $769.44 – $2,016.00 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,792.00 | $769.44 – $2,016.00 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $1,921.20 | $628.58 – $3,243.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $1,521.07 | $775.65 – $3,572.45 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $1,921.20 | $628.58 – $3,243.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $1,521.07 | $775.65 – $3,572.45 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $1,520.51 | $769.07 – $3,460.01 |