Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

$10,744.85

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.

$22,385.10

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.

$315.79 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $22,385.10 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) $315.79 ↓ -97%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $711.03 ↓ -93%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $754.69 ↓ -93%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $812.57 ↓ -92%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $887.76 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $953.00 ↓ -91%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $1,003.15 ↓ -91%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $4,003.00 ↓ -63%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $4,503.88 ↓ -58%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $4,693.00 ↓ -56%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $4,969.49 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $5,021.00 ↓ -53%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $5,682.07 ↓ -47%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $6,167.97 ↓ -43%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $6,167.97 ↓ -43%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $6,208.44 ↓ -42%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $6,338.24 ↓ -41%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $6,353.01 ↓ -41%
medicare medicare (u) $6,671.83 ↓ -38%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $6,671.83 ↓ -38%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $7,005.42 ↓ -35%
medica medica medicare (u) $7,005.42 ↓ -35%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $7,233.00 ↓ -33%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $7,709.96 ↓ -28%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $8,404.00 ↓ -22%
medica medica essentials (u m) $8,774.00 ↓ -18%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $8,774.00 ↓ -18%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $9,235.00 ↓ -14%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $13,295.00 ↑ +24%
health partners hpi (u m) $14,104.62 ↑ +31%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $14,980.11 ↑ +39%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $15,621.57 ↑ +45%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $15,669.57 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $16,564.97 ↑ +54%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $17,908.08 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $18,803.48 ↑ +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) $22,385.10 ↑ +108%

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $10,744.85 $315.79 – $15,621.57
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $10,744.85 $315.79 – $8,774.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $6,551.74 – $6,551.74
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $6,551.74 – $6,551.74
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $6,551.74 – $6,551.74
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $6,551.74 – $6,551.74
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $6,551.74 – $6,551.74
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $5,458.05 – $6,429.88

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