Biopsy renal percutaneous trocar/needle (both sides) at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$841.78
Cash price 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.
$1,753.70
Gross charge 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.
$262.59 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $4,056.36 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $262.59 | ↓ -69% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $272.00 | ↓ -68% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $300.01 | ↓ -64% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $331.02 | ↓ -61% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $525.61 | ↓ -38% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $559.16 | ↓ -34% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $591.25 | ↓ -30% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $627.57 | ↓ -25% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $662.05 | ↓ -21% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $675.69 | ↓ -20% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $738.22 | ↓ -12% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $792.46 | ↓ -6% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $814.74 | ↓ -3% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $834.17 | ↓ -1% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $997.84 | ↑ +19% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $1,043.77 | ↑ +24% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $1,103.41 | ↑ +31% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $1,107.29 | ↑ +32% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $1,156.05 | ↑ +37% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $1,156.05 | ↑ +37% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $1,192.88 | ↑ +42% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $1,216.74 | ↑ +45% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,252.52 | ↑ +49% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $1,475.43 | ↑ +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) | $1,491.10 | ↑ +77% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $1,573.57 | ↑ +87% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $1,573.57 | ↑ +87% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $1,612.11 | ↑ +92% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $1,617.00 | ↑ +92% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $1,620.78 | ↑ +93% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $1,702.11 | ↑ +102% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $1,702.11 | ↑ +102% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $1,787.22 | ↑ +112% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $1,787.22 | ↑ +112% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $1,966.96 | ↑ +134% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $3,598.36 | ↑ +327% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $4,056.36 | ↑ +382% |
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Biopsy renal percutaneous trocar/needle (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $2,143.20 | $648.59 – $2,411.10 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,784.00 | $1,169.64 – $3,132.00 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $939.20 | $455.16 – $1,669.61 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $847.56 | $377.15 – $4,275.53 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $841.78 | $262.59 – $4,056.36 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $847.56 | $377.15 – $4,275.53 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $555.46 | $393.48 – $1,702.11 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $841.78 | $262.59 – $3,895.00 |