Ak 4 bar ling w/hydraul swig 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

$4,398.43

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.

$9,163.40

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $9,163.40 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
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $1,166.19 ↓ -73%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $1,843.68 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $2,034.27 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $2,625.80 ↓ -40%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $2,787.03 ↓ -37%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $2,804.65 ↓ -36%
medicare medicare (u) $2,952.26 ↓ -33%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $2,952.26 ↓ -33%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $2,997.56 ↓ -32%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $2,997.56 ↓ -32%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $3,000.76 ↓ -32%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $3,087.49 ↓ -30%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $3,099.87 ↓ -30%
medica medica medicare (u) $3,099.87 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $3,230.10 ↓ -27%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $3,278.45 ↓ -25%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $3,436.27 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $3,519.36 ↓ -20%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $3,704.57 ↓ -16%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $3,746.95 ↓ -15%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $4,068.55 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $5,006.88 ↑ +14%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $6,132.15 ↑ +39%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $6,780.92 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $6,804.74 ↑ +55%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $7,104.38 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $7,104.38 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $7,330.72 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $7,477.33 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $7,697.26 ↑ +75%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $7,697.26 ↑ +75%
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) $9,163.40 ↑ +108%

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Ak 4 bar ling w/hydraul swig at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $5,131.50 $1,674.94 – $6,761.65
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $4,398.43 $1,166.19 – $3,746.95
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $5,131.50 $1,674.94 – $6,761.65
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $3,863.16 $1,747.42 – $5,641.52
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $4,398.43 $1,166.19 – $3,746.95
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $5,131.50 $1,674.94 – $6,761.65
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $5,131.50 $1,674.94 – $6,761.65
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $5,131.50 $1,716.52 – $6,878.92

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