#aptt mix-1:1 incubated 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

$146.98

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.

$306.20

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.

$16.78 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $175.20 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
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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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $16.78 ↓ -89%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $32.67 ↓ -78%
medicare medicare (u) $34.39 ↓ -77%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $34.39 ↓ -77%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $35.06 ↓ -76%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $35.06 ↓ -76%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $35.25 ↓ -76%
medica medica medicare (u) $36.11 ↓ -75%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $36.11 ↓ -75%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $36.11 ↓ -75%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $38.89 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $41.67 ↓ -72%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $43.83 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $44.23 ↓ -70%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $47.62 ↓ -68%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $52.04 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $55.86 ↓ -62%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $58.80 ↓ -60%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $61.76 ↓ -58%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $63.07 ↓ -57%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $65.70 ↓ -55%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $72.92 ↓ -50%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $77.79 ↓ -47%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $95.73 ↓ -35%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $106.00 ↓ -28%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $117.24 ↓ -20%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $117.78 ↓ -20%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $122.64 ↓ -17%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $129.65 ↓ -12%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $130.10 ↓ -11%
medica medica essentials (u m) $135.83 ↓ -8%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $135.83 ↓ -8%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $140.16 ↓ -5%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $142.96 ↓ -3%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $147.17 ↑ +0%
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) $175.20 ↑ +19%

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#aptt mix-1:1 incubated at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $352.80 $106.77 – $396.90
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $133.34 $20.71 – $129.28
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $146.98 $16.78 – $117.78
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $133.34 $20.71 – $129.28
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $172.98 $26.98 – $154.73
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $146.98 $16.78 – $63.07
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $133.34 $20.71 – $118.61
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $133.34 $20.71 – $118.61

All Minnesota hospitals for this procedure →