Blood typing patient serum at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$226.08
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.
$471.00
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.
$16.33 with medicaid vs $471.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $16.33 | ↓ -93% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $16.33 | ↓ -93% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $16.82 | ↓ -93% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $20.41 | ↓ -91% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $28.74 | ↓ -87% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $54.09 | ↓ -76% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $54.84 | ↓ -76% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $57.76 | ↓ -74% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $58.22 | ↓ -74% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $59.09 | ↓ -74% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $60.80 | ↓ -73% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $60.80 | ↓ -73% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $62.69 | ↓ -72% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $63.84 | ↓ -72% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $63.84 | ↓ -72% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $67.04 | ↓ -70% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $68.49 | ↓ -70% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $73.52 | ↓ -67% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $77.39 | ↓ -66% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $94.77 | ↓ -58% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $104.56 | ↓ -54% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $148.70 | ↓ -34% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $166.03 | ↓ -27% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $176.63 | ↓ -22% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $209.12 | ↓ -8% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $257.35 | ↑ +14% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $284.95 | ↑ +26% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $315.19 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $329.70 | ↑ +46% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $348.54 | ↑ +54% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $349.76 | ↑ +55% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $365.17 | ↑ +62% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $365.17 | ↑ +62% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $376.80 | ↑ +67% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $384.34 | ↑ +70% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $395.64 | ↑ +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) | $471.00 | ↑ +108% |
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Blood typing patient serum at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $278.40 | $84.25 – $313.20 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $100.80 | $30.50 – $113.40 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $278.40 | $84.25 – $313.20 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $147.20 | $63.20 – $165.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $147.20 | $63.20 – $165.60 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $276.98 | $16.33 – $364.96 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $226.08 | $16.33 – $148.70 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $276.98 | $16.33 – $364.96 |