Bx breast add lesion Ultrasound imag 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

$1,342.99

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.

$2,797.90

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.

$182.29 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $3,243.00 with aetna direct network — 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $182.29 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $347.90 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $369.35 ↓ -72%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $397.69 ↓ -70%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $434.50 ↓ -68%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $466.42 ↓ -65%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $468.00 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $490.97 ↓ -63%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $562.94 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $621.13 ↓ -54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $1,158.00 ↓ -14%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $1,210.00 ↓ -10%
medica medica essentials (u m) $1,210.00 ↓ -10%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,273.00 ↓ -5%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,872.35 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $1,958.53 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $2,070.45 ↑ +54%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $2,104.00 ↑ +57%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $2,238.32 ↑ +67%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,255.00 ↑ +68%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $2,350.24 ↑ +75%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $2,580.00 ↑ +92%
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) $2,797.90 ↑ +108%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,243.00 ↑ +141%

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Bx breast add lesion Ultrasound imag at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,398.40 $1.02 – $1,573.20
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,344.80 $1.00 – $1,512.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $909.60 $390.56 – $1,023.30
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $909.60 $390.56 – $1,023.30
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $971.54 $200.88 – $1,280.18
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,342.99 $182.29 – $3,243.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $971.54 $200.88 – $1,280.18
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $971.66 $200.05 – $1,418.95

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