Chromosome count additional 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

$160.99

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.

$335.40

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.

$25.05 with allina aetna medicare (u) vs $335.40 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
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $25.05 ↓ -84%
medicare medicare (u) $26.37 ↓ -84%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $26.37 ↓ -84%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $26.89 ↓ -83%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $26.89 ↓ -83%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $27.69 ↓ -83%
medica medica medicare (u) $27.69 ↓ -83%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $27.70 ↓ -83%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $33.61 ↓ -79%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $48.33 ↓ -70%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $55.88 ↓ -65%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $67.48 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $72.62 ↓ -55%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $74.46 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $90.26 ↓ -44%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $118.23 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $125.77 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $148.92 ↓ -7%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $180.38 ↑ +12%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $183.26 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $191.49 ↑ +19%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $202.92 ↑ +26%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $206.18 ↑ +28%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $224.45 ↑ +39%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $225.26 ↑ +40%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $234.78 ↑ +46%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $241.82 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $248.20 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $249.07 ↑ +55%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $254.54 ↑ +58%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $260.04 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $260.04 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $268.32 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $273.69 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $281.74 ↑ +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) $335.40 ↑ +108%

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Chromosome count additional at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $169.29 $25.05 – $259.78
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $160.99 $25.05 – $90.26
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $169.29 $25.05 – $259.78
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $219.30 $25.05 – $399.76
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $160.99 $25.05 – $72.62
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $169.29 $25.05 – $259.78
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $169.29 $25.05 – $259.78
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $169.29 $25.05 – $567.76

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