Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution 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

$75.95

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$158.22

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 $75.16 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%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $9.78 ↓ -87%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $9.78 ↓ -87%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $10.07 ↓ -87%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $10.08 ↓ -87%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $10.62 ↓ -86%
medicare medicare (u) $10.62 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $10.81 ↓ -86%
medica medica medicare (u) $11.15 ↓ -85%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $11.15 ↓ -85%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $12.20 ↓ -84%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $12.22 ↓ -84%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $14.35 ↓ -81%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $14.66 ↓ -81%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $15.12 ↓ -80%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $15.40 ↓ -80%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $16.22 ↓ -79%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $16.69 ↓ -78%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $17.23 ↓ -77%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $26.49 ↓ -65%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $28.18 ↓ -63%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $33.37 ↓ -56%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $41.07 ↓ -46%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $50.30 ↓ -34%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $52.61 ↓ -31%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $53.90 ↓ -29%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $55.62 ↓ -27%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $56.27 ↓ -26%
medica medica essentials (u m) $56.27 ↓ -26%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $59.23 ↓ -22%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $60.13 ↓ -21%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $63.13 ↓ -17%
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) $75.16 ↓ -1%

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Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $73.56 $9.90 – $82.75
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $75.95 $9.78 – $12.22
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $75.95 $9.78 – $12.22
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $11.14 – $11.14
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $11.14 – $11.14
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $11.14 – $11.14
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $11.14 – $11.14
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $11.14 – $11.14

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