Alginate drsg wound filler 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

$4.37

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.

$9.10

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 $9.31 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $1.71 ↓ -61%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $1.89 ↓ -57%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $2.93 ↓ -33%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $3.00 ↓ -31%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $3.19 ↓ -27%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $3.77 ↓ -14%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $4.64 ↑ +6%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $5.69 ↑ +30%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $5.95 ↑ +36%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $6.29 ↑ +44%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $6.31 ↑ +44%
medica medica essentials (u m) $6.59 ↑ +51%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $6.59 ↑ +51%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $6.60 ↑ +51%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $6.80 ↑ +56%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $6.94 ↑ +59%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $7.00 ↑ +60%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $7.14 ↑ +63%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $7.54 ↑ +73%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $8.24 ↑ +89%
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) $8.50 ↑ +95%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $8.85 ↑ +103%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $9.31 ↑ +113%

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Alginate drsg wound filler at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $5.10 $4.21 – $9.77
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $4.37 $2.93 – $8.24
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $5.10 $4.21 – $9.77
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $4.37 $2.93 – $8.24
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $5.10 $4.21 – $9.77
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $5.10 $4.21 – $9.77
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $5.10 $3.60 – $17.29
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $1.02 – $7.74

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