Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$861.41
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.
$1,794.60
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.
$162.11 with health partners vs $1,507.46 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — 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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| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $162.11 | ↓ -81% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $167.11 | ↓ -81% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $167.11 | ↓ -81% |
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $171.73 | ↓ -80% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $172.12 | ↓ -80% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $177.12 | ↓ -79% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $180.77 | ↓ -79% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $180.77 | ↓ -79% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $186.07 | ↓ -78% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $188.00 | ↓ -78% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $189.81 | ↓ -78% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $190.51 | ↓ -78% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $202.08 | ↓ -77% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $208.89 | ↓ -76% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $361.07 | ↓ -58% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $398.40 | ↓ -54% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $417.03 | ↓ -52% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $418.96 | ↓ -51% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $444.68 | ↓ -48% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $445.67 | ↓ -48% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $523.09 | ↓ -39% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $561.53 | ↓ -35% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $654.00 | ↓ -24% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $735.00 | ↓ -15% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $788.00 | ↓ -9% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $814.98 | ↓ -5% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $943.00 | ↑ +9% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $984.00 | ↑ +14% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $984.00 | ↑ +14% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $1,036.00 | ↑ +20% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $1,136.00 | ↑ +32% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,200.95 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $1,256.22 | ↑ +46% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $1,379.00 | ↑ +60% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $1,435.68 | ↑ +67% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,507.46 | ↑ +75% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $2,624.80 | $186.92 – $2,952.90 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $3,072.80 | $132.55 – $3,456.90 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $2,712.00 | $135.41 – $3,051.00 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $2,896.80 | $186.92 – $3,258.90 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $2,896.80 | $186.92 – $3,258.90 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $861.41 | $162.11 – $1,136.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $1,821.51 | $167.11 – $709.05 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $861.41 | $162.11 – $1,136.00 |