MRI chest without & w/contrast at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$1,185.79
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.
$2,470.40
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.
$325.21 with health partners vs $2,075.14 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) | $325.21 | ↓ -73% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $332.39 | ↓ -72% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $332.39 | ↓ -72% |
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $341.56 | ↓ -71% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $342.36 | ↓ -71% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $355.32 | ↓ -70% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $359.54 | ↓ -70% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $359.54 | ↓ -70% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $373.92 | ↓ -68% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $377.52 | ↓ -68% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $378.92 | ↓ -68% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $401.93 | ↓ -66% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $415.49 | ↓ -65% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $497.04 | ↓ -58% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $548.43 | ↓ -54% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $565.31 | ↓ -52% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $784.99 | ↓ -34% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $855.00 | ↓ -28% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $860.00 | ↓ -27% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $894.08 | ↓ -25% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $898.00 | ↓ -24% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $898.00 | ↓ -24% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $945.00 | ↓ -20% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $958.00 | ↓ -19% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $1,026.00 | ↓ -13% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $1,201.56 | ↑ +1% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $1,272.85 | ↑ +7% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $1,351.00 | ↑ +14% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $1,474.00 | ↑ +24% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $1,589.21 | ↑ +34% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,653.19 | ↑ +39% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $1,705.99 | ↑ +44% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $1,729.28 | ↑ +46% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $1,900.00 | ↑ +60% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $1,976.32 | ↑ +67% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $2,075.14 | ↑ +75% |
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MRI chest without & w/contrast at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $3,848.00 | $374.99 – $4,329.00 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $3,921.60 | $277.45 – $4,411.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $3,630.40 | $283.44 – $4,084.20 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $3,820.00 | $374.99 – $4,297.50 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $3,820.00 | $374.99 – $4,297.50 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $1,185.79 | $325.21 – $1,474.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $3,003.22 | $332.39 – $1,884.65 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $1,185.79 | $325.21 – $1,474.00 |