Apply short leg castambul type 29425 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

$138.14

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.

$287.80

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.

$57.91 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) $57.91 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $63.89 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $101.45 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $107.93 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $127.78 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $157.25 ↑ +14%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $192.60 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $201.46 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $212.97 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $213.72 ↑ +55%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $223.13 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $223.13 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $230.24 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $234.84 ↑ +70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $237.68 ↑ +72%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $241.75 ↑ +75%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $241.85 ↑ +75%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $264.24 ↑ +91%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $266.48 ↑ +93%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $266.48 ↑ +93%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↑ +97%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $273.83 ↑ +98%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $274.47 ↑ +99%
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) $287.80 ↑ +108%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $288.24 ↑ +109%
medicare medicare (u) $288.24 ↑ +109%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $302.65 ↑ +119%
medica medica medicare (u) $302.65 ↑ +119%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $333.10 ↑ +141%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $590.33 ↑ +327%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $626.70 ↑ +354%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $664.87 ↑ +381%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $674.76 ↑ +388%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $737.25 ↑ +434%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $791.39 ↑ +473%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $833.04 ↑ +503%

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Apply short leg castambul type 29425 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $394.40 $119.36 – $443.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $244.80 $118.64 – $275.40
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $138.14 $237.68 – $664.87
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $138.14 $237.68 – $333.10
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $278.86 – $278.86
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $278.86 – $278.86
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $278.86 – $278.86
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $278.86 – $278.86

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