Middle cerebral artery echo at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$126.82
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.
$264.20
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.
$47.72 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $737.46 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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) | $47.72 | ↓ -62% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $52.66 | ↓ -58% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $83.61 | ↓ -34% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $88.95 | ↓ -30% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $96.84 | ↓ -24% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $99.61 | ↓ -21% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $99.61 | ↓ -21% |
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $102.36 | ↓ -19% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $102.60 | ↓ -19% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $105.81 | ↓ -17% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $107.75 | ↓ -15% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $107.75 | ↓ -15% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $112.06 | ↓ -12% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $113.14 | ↓ -11% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $113.56 | ↓ -10% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $117.85 | ↓ -7% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $120.45 | ↓ -5% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $124.51 | ↓ -2% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $129.61 | ↑ +2% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $158.73 | ↑ +25% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $166.04 | ↑ +31% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $189.76 | ↑ +50% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $199.25 | ↑ +57% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $202.26 | ↑ +59% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $266.23 | ↑ +110% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $292.71 | ↑ +131% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $301.00 | ↑ +137% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $310.73 | ↑ +145% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $365.54 | ↑ +188% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $392.39 | ↑ +209% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $440.00 | ↑ +247% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $459.00 | ↑ +262% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $459.00 | ↑ +262% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $466.00 | ↑ +267% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $483.00 | ↑ +281% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $737.46 | ↑ +482% |
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Middle cerebral artery echo at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $491.20 | $79.32 – $552.60 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $462.40 | $81.04 – $520.20 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $466.40 | $111.66 – $524.70 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $466.40 | $111.66 – $524.70 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $126.82 | $96.84 – $466.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $105.11 | $99.61 – $625.00 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $126.82 | $96.84 – $464.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $105.11 | $99.61 – $625.00 |