Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml 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

$256.74

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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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$534.88

Gross charge

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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 $232.78 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

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%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $46.84 ↓ -82%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $48.91 ↓ -81%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $48.91 ↓ -81%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $50.38 ↓ -80%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $50.42 ↓ -80%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $51.68 ↓ -80%
medicare medicare (u) $53.08 ↓ -79%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $53.08 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $54.04 ↓ -79%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $55.73 ↓ -78%
medica medica medicare (u) $55.73 ↓ -78%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $60.98 ↓ -76%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $61.14 ↓ -76%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $71.73 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $73.27 ↓ -71%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $77.00 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $81.05 ↓ -68%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $82.05 ↓ -68%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $86.15 ↓ -66%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $87.29 ↓ -66%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $103.35 ↓ -60%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $127.19 ↓ -50%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $155.78 ↓ -39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $162.95 ↓ -37%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $166.93 ↓ -35%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $172.26 ↓ -33%
medica medica essentials (u m) $174.28 ↓ -32%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $174.28 ↓ -32%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $183.43 ↓ -29%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $186.22 ↓ -27%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $195.54 ↓ -24%
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) $232.78 ↓ -9%

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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $232.17 $35.77 – $132.96
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $217.25 $55.72 – $229.89
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $52.25 $15.81 – $58.78
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $91.80 $19.19 – $71.33
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $147.84 $41.20 – $153.15
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $74.25 $29.19 – $57.65
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $111.92 $49.49 – $125.56
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $96.91 $29.33 – $109.02

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