Strapping of knee at Mercy Hospital
4050 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1316904287
$77.47
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.
$161.40
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.
$27.87 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $593.41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $27.87 | ↓ -64% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $30.75 | ↓ -60% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $52.06 | ↓ -33% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $55.39 | ↓ -29% |
| medica dual solutions (e g) | medica dual solutions (m) | $65.58 | ↓ -15% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $80.70 | ↑ +4% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $81.30 | ↑ +5% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $92.68 | ↑ +20% |
| medica ubh (m) | medica ubh (m) | $96.95 | ↑ +25% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $109.68 | ↑ +42% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (m) | $110.80 | ↑ +43% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (m) | $113.50 | ↑ +47% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (m) | $113.50 | ↑ +47% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $114.51 | ↑ +48% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $114.51 | ↑ +48% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $116.34 | ↑ +50% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (m) | $116.91 | ↑ +51% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $117.38 | ↑ +52% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $120.52 | ↑ +56% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $122.88 | ↑ +59% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $128.25 | ↑ +66% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (m) | $129.39 | ↑ +67% |
| allina aetna medicare (m) | allina aetna medicare (m) | $130.26 | ↑ +68% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (m) | $137.12 | ↑ +77% |
| medicare | medicare (m) | $137.12 | ↑ +77% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (m) | $141.88 | ↑ +83% |
| medica | medica medicare (m) | $142.60 | ↑ +84% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (m) | $143.98 | ↑ +86% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (m) | $153.29 | ↑ +98% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $178.22 | ↑ +130% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $272.00 | ↑ +251% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $322.71 | ↑ +317% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $442.65 | ↑ +471% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $469.92 | ↑ +507% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $552.80 | ↑ +614% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $593.41 | ↑ +666% |
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Strapping of knee at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $134.40 | $40.67 – $151.20 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $134.40 | $76.56 – $151.20 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $77.47 | $113.50 – $505.96 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $81.48 | $77.38 – $637.50 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $77.47 | $113.50 – $322.71 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $81.48 | $77.38 – $637.50 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $65.46 | $51.17 – $981.02 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $81.48 | $77.38 – $637.50 |