Blood Count (CBC) Test (without differential) 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

$146.93

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.

$306.10

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.

$4.22 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $31.80 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) $4.22 ↓ -97%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $6.02 ↓ -96%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $6.34 ↓ -96%
medicare medicare (u) $6.34 ↓ -96%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $6.40 ↓ -96%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $6.46 ↓ -96%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $6.46 ↓ -96%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $6.65 ↓ -95%
medica medica medicare (u) $6.66 ↓ -95%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $6.66 ↓ -95%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $7.06 ↓ -95%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $8.07 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $9.51 ↓ -94%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $10.09 ↓ -93%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $10.86 ↓ -93%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $11.21 ↓ -92%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $11.79 ↓ -92%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $11.87 ↓ -92%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $11.93 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $12.75 ↓ -91%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $13.42 ↓ -91%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $13.63 ↓ -91%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $14.12 ↓ -90%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $17.38 ↓ -88%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $19.24 ↓ -87%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $21.28 ↓ -86%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $22.01 ↓ -85%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $22.26 ↓ -85%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $23.53 ↓ -84%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $23.61 ↓ -84%
medica medica essentials (u m) $24.65 ↓ -83%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $24.65 ↓ -83%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $25.44 ↓ -83%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $25.95 ↓ -82%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $26.71 ↓ -82%
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) $31.80 ↓ -78%

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Blood Count (CBC) Test (without differential) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $84.00 $25.42 – $94.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $85.60 $25.90 – $96.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $65.60 $19.85 – $73.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $31.20 $9.44 – $35.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $85.60 $25.90 – $96.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $64.00 $27.48 – $72.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $64.00 $27.48 – $72.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $134.23 $6.02 – $23.47

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