MRI chest w IV cont 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

$1,003.30

Cash price

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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.

$2,090.20

Gross charge

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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.

$420.55 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,977.90 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.

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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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $420.55 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $447.63 ↓ -55%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $464.02 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $719.45 ↓ -28%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $746.88 ↓ -26%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $746.88 ↓ -26%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $767.50 ↓ -24%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $769.29 ↓ -23%
health partners hpi (u m) $784.99 ↓ -22%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $786.07 ↓ -22%
medicare medicare (m) $807.89 ↓ -19%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $807.89 ↓ -19%
medica medica medicare (m) $840.21 ↓ -16%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $848.28 ↓ -15%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $851.44 ↓ -15%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $855.00 ↓ -15%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $860.00 ↓ -14%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $898.00 ↓ -10%
medica medica essentials (u m) $898.00 ↓ -10%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $903.13 ↓ -10%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $933.60 ↓ -7%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $945.00 ↓ -6%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $958.00 ↓ -5%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $1,007.89 ↑ +0%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $1,026.00 ↑ +2%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $1,069.78 ↑ +7%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,201.56 ↑ +20%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $1,258.40 ↑ +25%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $1,350.88 ↑ +35%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,398.76 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $1,463.14 ↑ +46%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,474.00 ↑ +47%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $1,672.16 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,755.77 ↑ +75%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $1,900.00 ↑ +89%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,977.90 ↑ +97%

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MRI chest w IV cont at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $3,609.60 $611.05 – $4,060.80
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $3,030.40 $611.05 – $3,409.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $3,609.60 $611.05 – $4,060.80
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $2,497.60 $611.05 – $2,809.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $2,497.60 $611.05 – $2,809.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,003.30 $447.63 – $1,474.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $2,541.06 $642.91 – $1,492.35
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,003.30 $447.63 – $1,977.90

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