Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution 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

$162.44

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$338.41

Gross charge

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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 $81.63 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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) $16.42 ↓ -90%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $16.49 ↓ -90%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $18.12 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $18.61 ↓ -89%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $21.90 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $22.37 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $23.51 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $24.74 ↓ -85%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $26.29 ↓ -84%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $28.77 ↓ -82%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $30.61 ↓ -81%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $36.24 ↓ -78%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $44.60 ↓ -73%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $54.63 ↓ -66%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $57.14 ↓ -65%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $58.54 ↓ -64%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $60.41 ↓ -63%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $61.12 ↓ -62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $61.12 ↓ -62%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $64.32 ↓ -60%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $65.30 ↓ -60%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $68.57 ↓ -58%
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) $81.63 ↓ -50%

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Clonidine (pf) 1,000 mcg/10 ml (100 mcg/ml) epidural solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $81.07 $22.85 – $84.95
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $89.81 $1.02 – $67.50
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $162.44 $16.49 – $21.90
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $43.92 $16.49 – $64.13
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $162.44 $16.49 – $21.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $1.00 – $1.00

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