Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$503.47
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.
$1,048.90
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.
$170.54 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,733.71 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) | $170.54 | ↓ -66% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $178.29 | ↓ -65% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $188.17 | ↓ -63% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $272.00 | ↓ -46% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $298.78 | ↓ -41% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $317.85 | ↓ -37% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $340.27 | ↓ -32% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $361.25 | ↓ -28% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $376.33 | ↓ -25% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $424.97 | ↓ -16% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $456.19 | ↓ -9% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $463.13 | ↓ -8% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $497.54 | ↓ -1% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $567.21 | ↑ +13% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $593.32 | ↑ +18% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $629.43 | ↑ +25% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $630.63 | ↑ +25% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $657.14 | ↑ +31% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $657.14 | ↑ +31% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $672.53 | ↑ +34% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $672.53 | ↑ +34% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $678.08 | ↑ +35% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $689.02 | ↑ +37% |
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $691.10 | ↑ +37% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $691.64 | ↑ +37% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $692.71 | ↑ +38% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $711.98 | ↑ +41% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $727.47 | ↑ +44% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $727.47 | ↑ +44% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $756.57 | ↑ +50% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $763.84 | ↑ +52% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $766.68 | ↑ +52% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $813.23 | ↑ +62% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $840.66 | ↑ +67% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $1,285.53 | ↑ +155% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $1,733.71 | ↑ +244% |
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Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $992.80 | $300.45 – $1,116.90 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $1,302.40 | $394.14 – $1,465.20 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $1,243.20 | $376.22 – $1,398.60 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,175.20 | $355.64 – $1,322.10 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,302.40 | $498.90 – $1,465.20 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $913.60 | $434.61 – $1,008.90 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $992.80 | $300.45 – $1,116.90 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,176.80 | $505.29 – $1,323.90 |