Asp core fat pad 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

$895.10

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.

$1,864.80

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.

$78.97 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $497.45 with health partners — 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) $78.97 ↓ -91%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $89.61 ↓ -90%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $98.88 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $144.75 ↓ -84%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $145.96 ↓ -84%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $157.00 ↓ -82%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $165.15 ↓ -82%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $167.02 ↓ -81%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $170.28 ↓ -81%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $180.95 ↓ -80%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $182.79 ↓ -80%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $185.30 ↓ -79%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $185.30 ↓ -79%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $190.86 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $192.41 ↓ -79%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $196.43 ↓ -78%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $197.71 ↓ -78%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $197.76 ↓ -78%
medicare medicare (u) $206.77 ↓ -77%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $206.77 ↓ -77%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $217.11 ↓ -76%
medica medica medicare (u) $217.11 ↓ -76%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $231.63 ↓ -74%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $243.37 ↓ -73%
health partners hpi (u m) $258.85 ↓ -71%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↓ -70%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $298.06 ↓ -67%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $311.78 ↓ -65%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $329.60 ↓ -63%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $330.75 ↓ -63%
medica medica essentials (u m) $345.32 ↓ -61%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $345.32 ↓ -61%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $356.32 ↓ -60%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $363.45 ↓ -59%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $374.14 ↓ -58%
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) $445.40 ↓ -50%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $497.45 ↓ -44%

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Asp core fat pad at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $3,920.00 $144.42 – $480.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,395.20 $208.64 – $1,569.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,395.20 $208.64 – $1,569.60
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $752.42 $185.30 – $1,002.38
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $895.10 $180.95 – $3,243.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $752.42 $185.30 – $1,002.38
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $1,242.30 $196.43 – $1,814.19
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $895.10 $180.95 – $3,243.00

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