Apply rigid leg cast 29445 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

$281.90

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.

$587.30

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.

$118.16 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $833.04 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $118.16 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $130.38 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $207.02 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $220.24 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $237.68 ↓ -16%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $241.85 ↓ -14%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $260.76 ↓ -7%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $264.24 ↓ -6%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $266.48 ↓ -5%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $266.48 ↓ -5%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↓ -4%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $273.83 ↓ -3%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $274.47 ↓ -3%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $288.24 ↑ +2%
medicare medicare (u) $288.24 ↑ +2%
medica medica medicare (u) $302.65 ↑ +7%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $302.65 ↑ +7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $320.90 ↑ +14%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $333.10 ↑ +18%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $393.02 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $411.11 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $434.60 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $436.13 ↑ +55%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $455.33 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $455.33 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $469.84 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $479.24 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $493.33 ↑ +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) $587.30 ↑ +108%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $590.33 ↑ +109%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $626.70 ↑ +122%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $664.87 ↑ +136%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $674.76 ↑ +139%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $737.25 ↑ +162%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $791.39 ↑ +181%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $833.04 ↑ +196%

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