Thyroid met imaging 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

$509.04

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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.

$1,060.50

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.

$213.37 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,492.26 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.

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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) $213.37 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $235.43 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $335.85 ↓ -34%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $365.92 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $373.83 ↓ -27%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (m) $380.88 ↓ -25%
medicaid medicaid ma (m) $380.88 ↓ -25%
allina aetna medicare (m) allina aetna medicare (m) $391.40 ↓ -23%
south country health alliance scha pmap (m) $392.31 ↓ -23%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $397.69 ↓ -22%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $399.80 ↓ -21%
medicare medicare (m) $412.00 ↓ -19%
medicare other all other medicare (m) $412.00 ↓ -19%
medica medica medicare (m) $428.48 ↓ -16%
bcbs bc medicare (m) $432.60 ↓ -15%
hennepin health hennepin health (m) $434.20 ↓ -15%
south country health alliance scha msho (m) $460.57 ↓ -10%
medica dual solutions (e g) medica dual solutions (m) $470.86 ↓ -8%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (m) $476.10 ↓ -6%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $579.46 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $641.60 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $709.69 ↑ +39%
health partners hpi (u m) $730.78 ↑ +44%
medica ubh (m) medica ubh (m) $742.35 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $787.53 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $822.21 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $822.21 ↑ +62%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $834.13 ↑ +64%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (m) $848.40 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $865.37 ↑ +70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $885.52 ↑ +74%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $890.82 ↑ +75%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,005.98 ↑ +98%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $1,041.72 ↑ +105%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $1,118.23 ↑ +120%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,492.26 ↑ +193%

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Thyroid met imaging at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $509.04 $335.85 – $953.44
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $830.09 $380.88 – $1,201.33
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $509.04 $335.85 – $1,005.98
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $830.09 $380.88 – $1,201.33
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $830.09 $380.88 – $1,201.33
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $830.09 $380.88 – $1,201.33
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $830.09 $380.88 – $2,625.55
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $421.92 – $421.92

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