Adjustment gastric band at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$309.22
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.
$644.20
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.
$123.37 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $3,243.00 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.
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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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $123.37 | ↓ -60% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $127.20 | ↓ -59% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $140.30 | ↓ -55% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $140.35 | ↓ -55% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (u) | $252.88 | ↓ -18% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $306.42 | ↓ -1% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $325.29 | ↑ +5% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $350.24 | ↑ +13% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $382.67 | ↑ +24% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $410.77 | ↑ +33% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $423.07 | ↑ +37% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $427.21 | ↑ +38% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $432.40 | ↑ +40% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $434.24 | ↑ +40% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $442.54 | ↑ +43% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $467.83 | ↑ +51% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $505.76 | ↑ +64% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $531.05 | ↑ +72% |
| 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) | $632.20 | ↑ +104% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $1,265.00 | ↑ +309% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $2,104.00 | ↑ +580% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $2,255.00 | ↑ +629% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $2,897.00 | ↑ +837% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $3,025.00 | ↑ +878% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $3,025.00 | ↑ +878% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $3,184.00 | ↑ +930% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $3,243.00 | ↑ +949% |
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Adjustment gastric band at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,698.40 | $141.62 – $1,910.70 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $207.59 | $148.28 – $8,382.89 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $309.22 | $123.37 – $3,243.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $207.59 | $152.24 – $8,382.89 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $309.22 | $0.40 – $3,243.00 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $207.59 | $148.28 – $8,382.89 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $207.59 | $152.24 – $8,382.89 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $207.59 | $156.85 – $964.48 |