Chloramphenicol sodium injec 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

$101.20

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.

$210.84

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 $210.84 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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) $42.42 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $46.81 ↓ -54%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $47.75 ↓ -53%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $50.26 ↓ -50%
medicare medicare (u) $50.26 ↓ -50%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $50.51 ↓ -50%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $52.77 ↓ -48%
medica medica medicare (u) $52.77 ↓ -48%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $57.01 ↓ -44%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $67.06 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $68.49 ↓ -32%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $71.98 ↓ -29%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $74.32 ↓ -27%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $75.77 ↓ -25%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $79.06 ↓ -22%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $80.53 ↓ -20%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $93.61 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $115.20 ↑ +14%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $141.09 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $147.59 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $151.19 ↑ +49%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $156.02 ↑ +54%
medica medica essentials (u m) $157.86 ↑ +56%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $157.86 ↑ +56%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $166.14 ↑ +64%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $168.67 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $177.11 ↑ +75%
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) $210.84 ↑ +108%

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Chloramphenicol sodium injec at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $71.40 $21.61 – $80.32
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $45.96 $19.73 – $51.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $45.96 $19.73 – $51.70
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $101.20 $47.75 – $52.77
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $101.20 $47.75 – $52.77
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $1.02 – $1.02
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $1.00 – $1.00

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