Brace knee postop tscope xl 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

$1,509.22

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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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$3,144.20

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $1,271.14 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
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 ↓ -99%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $32.11 ↓ -98%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $34.16 ↓ -98%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $40.45 ↓ -97%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $49.78 ↓ -97%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $60.96 ↓ -96%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $67.41 ↓ -96%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $67.65 ↓ -96%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $70.63 ↓ -95%
medica medica essentials (u m) $70.63 ↓ -95%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $72.88 ↓ -95%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $74.34 ↓ -95%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $76.52 ↓ -95%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $76.52 ↓ -95%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $85.16 ↓ -94%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $89.64 ↓ -94%
medicare medicare (u) $89.64 ↓ -94%
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 ↓ -94%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $91.10 ↓ -94%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $91.10 ↓ -94%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $93.83 ↓ -94%
medica medica medicare (u) $94.12 ↓ -94%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $94.12 ↓ -94%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $113.88 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $400.15 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $900.98 ↓ -40%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $956.30 ↓ -37%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $1,029.64 ↓ -32%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $1,124.92 ↓ -25%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $1,207.58 ↓ -20%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $1,271.14 ↓ -16%

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Brace knee postop tscope xl at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,270.48 $126.06 – $1,289.16
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,760.75 $61.67 – $1,334.05
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,509.22 $85.16 – $400.15
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,760.75 $61.67 – $1,334.05
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $1,325.58 $35.02 – $1,662.08
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,509.22 $85.16 – $400.15
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,760.75 $61.67 – $1,334.05
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $1,760.75 $61.67 – $1,334.05

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