3d recon without postprocess indpndt at United Hospital

333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 16, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$764.83

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.

$1,593.40

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.

$24.71 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,474.00 with aetna direct network — 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) $24.71 ↓ -97%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $27.26 ↓ -96%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $51.97 ↓ -93%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $54.52 ↓ -93%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $82.18 ↓ -89%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $85.96 ↓ -89%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $90.87 ↓ -88%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $91.19 ↓ -88%
medica medica essentials (u m) $95.21 ↓ -88%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $95.21 ↓ -88%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $98.24 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $99.18 ↓ -87%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $100.20 ↓ -87%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $103.15 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $105.29 ↓ -86%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $113.37 ↓ -85%
all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) all other contracted care (a b c d m h n o r s u v) $122.80 ↓ -84%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $123.87 ↓ -84%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $132.97 ↓ -83%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $139.96 ↓ -82%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $326.00 ↓ -57%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $958.00 ↑ +25%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $1,026.00 ↑ +34%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,474.00 ↑ +93%

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3d recon without postprocess indpndt at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $876.00 $265.10 – $985.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $852.00 $257.84 – $958.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $652.80 $1.02 – $734.40
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $916.00 $1.00 – $692.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $852.00 $257.84 – $958.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $640.00 $274.80 – $720.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $640.00 $274.80 – $720.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,265.43 $57.27 – $336.00

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