Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$53.23
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.
$110.90
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.
$21.23 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $322.71 with health partners — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $21.23 | ↓ -60% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $23.42 | ↓ -56% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $37.19 | ↓ -30% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $39.56 | ↓ -26% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $46.84 | ↓ -12% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $57.65 | ↑ +8% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $61.57 | ↑ +16% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $67.09 | ↑ +26% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $70.60 | ↑ +33% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $73.85 | ↑ +39% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $78.07 | ↑ +47% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $78.34 | ↑ +47% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $81.79 | ↑ +54% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $81.79 | ↑ +54% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $84.40 | ↑ +59% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $86.09 | ↑ +62% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $88.62 | ↑ +66% |
| 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) | $105.50 | ↑ +98% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $117.38 | ↑ +121% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $117.50 | ↑ +121% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $124.74 | ↑ +134% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $126.76 | ↑ +138% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $126.76 | ↑ +138% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $128.25 | ↑ +141% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $130.26 | ↑ +145% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $130.56 | ↑ +145% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $134.30 | ↑ +152% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $137.12 | ↑ +158% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $137.12 | ↑ +158% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $143.98 | ↑ +170% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $143.98 | ↑ +170% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $146.73 | ↑ +176% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $157.52 | ↑ +196% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $158.45 | ↑ +198% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $165.81 | ↑ +211% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $200.30 | ↑ +276% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $322.71 | ↑ +506% |
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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $125.60 | $38.01 – $141.30 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $161.60 | $48.90 – $181.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $194.40 | $94.15 – $218.70 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $125.60 | $38.01 – $141.30 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $120.00 | $51.53 – $135.00 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $120.00 | $51.53 – $135.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $26.77 | $26.00 – $164.43 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $53.23 | $61.57 – $322.71 |