Brachy source yttrium-90 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

$31,518.72

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.

$65,664.00

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 $43,773.72 with health partners — 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) $0.20 ↓ -100%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $0.22 ↓ -100%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $0.35 ↓ -100%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $0.38 ↓ -100%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $0.44 ↓ -100%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $0.55 ↓ -100%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $0.67 ↓ -100%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $0.74 ↓ -100%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $0.74 ↓ -100%
medica medica essentials (u m) $0.78 ↓ -100%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $0.78 ↓ -100%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $0.80 ↓ -100%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $0.82 ↓ -100%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $0.84 ↓ -100%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $0.84 ↓ -100%
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) $1.00 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $6,650.83 ↓ -79%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $15,922.47 ↓ -49%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $16,518.37 ↓ -48%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $16,577.79 ↓ -47%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $17,396.81 ↓ -45%
medicare medicare (u) $17,450.31 ↓ -45%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $17,450.31 ↓ -45%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $17,536.03 ↓ -44%
medica medica medicare (u) $18,322.83 ↓ -42%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $18,322.83 ↓ -42%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $18,880.90 ↓ -40%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $20,629.18 ↓ -35%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $22,144.37 ↓ -30%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $23,309.78 ↓ -26%
health partners hpi (u m) $35,197.41 ↑ +12%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $43,773.72 ↑ +39%

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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $36,771.84 $0.68 – $23,790.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $31,518.72 $6,650.83 – $43,773.72
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $36,771.84 $0.68 – $23,790.00
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $25,280.47 $0.44 – $36,608.91
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $31,518.72 $6,650.83 – $19,548.11
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $36,771.84 $0.68 – $23,790.00
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $36,771.84 $0.68 – $23,790.00
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $36,771.84 $0.42 – $51,993.86

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