Bone marrow imaging mult 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

$553.39

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.

$1,152.90

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.

$231.96 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,350.16 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $231.96 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $255.94 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $365.92 ↓ -34%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $380.88 ↓ -31%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $380.88 ↓ -31%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $391.40 ↓ -29%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $392.31 ↓ -29%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $399.80 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $406.40 ↓ -27%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $412.00 ↓ -26%
medicare medicare (u) $412.00 ↓ -26%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $432.34 ↓ -22%
medica medica medicare (u) $432.60 ↓ -22%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $432.60 ↓ -22%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $476.10 ↓ -14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $501.31 ↓ -9%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $511.89 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $629.94 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $697.50 ↑ +26%
health partners hpi (u m) $730.78 ↑ +32%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $771.52 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $807.03 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $853.15 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $856.14 ↑ +55%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $893.84 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $893.84 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $922.32 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $940.77 ↑ +70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $956.73 ↑ +73%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $968.44 ↑ +75%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,005.98 ↑ +82%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $1,015.71 ↑ +84%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $1,093.64 ↑ +98%
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) $1,152.90 ↑ +108%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $1,194.87 ↑ +116%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $1,282.64 ↑ +132%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $1,350.16 ↑ +144%

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Bone marrow imaging mult at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $902.61 $380.88 – $1,338.93
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $553.39 $380.88 – $1,005.98
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $902.61 $380.88 – $1,338.93
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $553.39 $380.88 – $501.31
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $902.61 $380.88 – $1,338.93
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $902.61 $380.88 – $1,338.93
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $902.61 $380.88 – $2,362.54
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $421.92 – $421.92

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