Abdominal and Pelvic Blood Vessel Ultrasound (complete) 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

$887.81

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,849.60

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.

$103.75 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,383.80 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $103.75 ↓ -88%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $220.12 ↓ -75%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $227.33 ↓ -74%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $227.33 ↓ -74%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $233.60 ↓ -74%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $234.15 ↓ -74%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $240.50 ↓ -73%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $245.90 ↓ -72%
medicare medicare (u) $245.90 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $257.70 ↓ -71%
medica medica medicare (u) $258.19 ↓ -71%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $258.19 ↓ -71%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $273.57 ↓ -69%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $278.42 ↓ -69%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $284.16 ↓ -68%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $294.55 ↓ -67%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $307.20 ↓ -65%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $321.82 ↓ -64%
health partners hpi (u m) $337.39 ↓ -62%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $345.46 ↓ -61%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $363.64 ↓ -59%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $487.79 ↓ -45%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $518.92 ↓ -42%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $605.14 ↓ -32%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $614.41 ↓ -31%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $756.11 ↓ -15%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $926.04 ↑ +4%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $934.00 ↑ +5%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $968.66 ↑ +9%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $1,024.01 ↑ +15%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $1,027.61 ↑ +16%
medica medica essentials (u m) $1,072.86 ↑ +21%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $1,072.86 ↑ +21%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $1,107.04 ↑ +25%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,129.18 ↑ +27%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,162.39 ↑ +31%
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) $1,383.80 ↑ +56%

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Abdominal and Pelvic Blood Vessel Ultrasound (complete) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,552.80 $116.21 – $432.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,596.00 $253.81 – $1,795.50
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,232.00 $253.81 – $1,386.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,189.60 $253.81 – $1,338.30
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,468.80 $253.81 – $1,652.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,232.00 $176.78 – $1,386.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $916.00 $180.60 – $1,030.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,596.00 $253.81 – $1,795.50

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