Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$1,240.99
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.
$2,585.40
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.
$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $1,045.22 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $18.33 | ↓ -99% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $20.22 | ↓ -98% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $32.11 | ↓ -97% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $34.16 | ↓ -97% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $40.45 | ↓ -97% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $49.78 | ↓ -96% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $60.96 | ↓ -95% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $67.41 | ↓ -95% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $67.65 | ↓ -95% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $70.63 | ↓ -94% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $70.63 | ↓ -94% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $72.88 | ↓ -94% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $74.34 | ↓ -94% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $76.52 | ↓ -94% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $76.52 | ↓ -94% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $85.16 | ↓ -93% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $89.64 | ↓ -93% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $89.64 | ↓ -93% |
| 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) | $91.10 | ↓ -93% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $91.10 | ↓ -93% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $91.10 | ↓ -93% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $93.83 | ↓ -92% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $94.12 | ↓ -92% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $94.12 | ↓ -92% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $113.88 | ↓ -91% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $329.04 | ↓ -73% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $740.85 | ↓ -40% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $786.34 | ↓ -37% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $846.64 | ↓ -32% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $925.00 | ↓ -25% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $992.97 | ↓ -20% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $1,045.22 | ↓ -16% |
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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $244.00 | $46.24 – $171.90 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $66.40 | $20.09 – $74.70 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $225.60 | $68.27 – $253.80 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $274.25 | $37.90 – $958.90 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $240.00 | $116.31 – $958.90 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $66.40 | $20.09 – $74.70 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $1,447.82 | $61.67 – $1,096.96 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $1,240.99 | $85.16 – $329.04 |