Cholesterol at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$25.73
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.
$53.60
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.
$4.05 with allina aetna medicare (u) vs $29.64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $4.05 | ↓ -84% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $4.26 | ↓ -83% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $4.26 | ↓ -83% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $4.35 | ↓ -83% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $4.35 | ↓ -83% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $4.47 | ↓ -83% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $4.47 | ↓ -83% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $4.48 | ↓ -83% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $5.44 | ↓ -79% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $5.67 | ↓ -78% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $6.26 | ↓ -76% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $7.67 | ↓ -70% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $8.46 | ↓ -67% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $8.86 | ↓ -66% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $9.94 | ↓ -61% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $10.57 | ↓ -59% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $12.52 | ↓ -51% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $14.31 | ↓ -44% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $15.41 | ↓ -40% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $17.06 | ↓ -34% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $18.75 | ↓ -27% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $18.87 | ↓ -27% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $19.74 | ↓ -23% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $20.87 | ↓ -19% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $20.94 | ↓ -19% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $21.01 | ↓ -18% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $21.86 | ↓ -15% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $21.86 | ↓ -15% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $22.30 | ↓ -13% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $22.56 | ↓ -12% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $23.01 | ↓ -11% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $23.69 | ↓ -8% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $24.01 | ↓ -7% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $26.23 | ↑ +2% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $28.17 | ↑ +9% |
| 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) | $28.20 | ↑ +10% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $29.64 | ↑ +15% |
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Cholesterol at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $47.20 | $9.44 – $35.10 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $85.60 | $25.90 – $96.30 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $48.00 | $14.53 – $54.00 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $26.40 | $7.99 – $29.70 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $85.60 | $25.90 – $96.30 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $36.80 | $12.37 – $32.40 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $36.80 | $12.37 – $32.40 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $23.52 | $4.05 – $30.25 |