Intro long gi tube at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$462.58
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.
$963.70
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.
$176.29 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,347.17 with health partners — 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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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $176.29 | ↓ -62% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $194.52 | ↓ -58% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $272.00 | ↓ -41% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $339.70 | ↓ -27% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $361.39 | ↓ -22% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $427.88 | ↓ -8% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $514.33 | ↑ +11% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $526.57 | ↑ +14% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $574.63 | ↑ +24% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $586.35 | ↑ +27% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $613.34 | ↑ +33% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $700.96 | ↑ +52% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $715.64 | ↑ +55% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $736.01 | ↑ +59% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $747.16 | ↑ +62% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $747.16 | ↑ +62% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $786.38 | ↑ +70% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $853.77 | ↑ +85% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $864.13 | ↑ +87% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $864.13 | ↑ +87% |
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $887.99 | ↑ +92% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $890.05 | ↑ +92% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $932.82 | ↑ +102% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $934.73 | ↑ +102% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $934.73 | ↑ +102% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $972.12 | ↑ +110% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $981.47 | ↑ +112% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $985.11 | ↑ +113% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $1,044.92 | ↑ +126% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $1,060.71 | ↑ +129% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $1,080.16 | ↑ +134% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $1,427.17 | ↑ +209% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $1,515.10 | ↑ +228% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $1,782.36 | ↑ +285% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $1,913.26 | ↑ +314% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $2,347.17 | ↑ +407% |
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Intro long gi tube at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,213.60 | $653.96 – $1,365.30 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $664.00 | $321.79 – $966.13 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,128.00 | $484.34 – $1,269.00 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,128.00 | $484.34 – $1,269.00 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $462.58 | $574.63 – $3,895.00 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $462.58 | $574.63 – $3,895.00 |
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | not published | $984.44 – $984.44 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | not published | $984.44 – $984.44 |