Contrast baths charges at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$77.47
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.
$161.40
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.
$9.20 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $317.00 with united healthcare (um) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $9.20 | ↓ -88% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $10.91 | ↓ -86% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $10.91 | ↓ -86% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $11.24 | ↓ -85% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $13.08 | ↓ -83% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $13.64 | ↓ -82% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $13.77 | ↓ -82% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $13.77 | ↓ -82% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $14.46 | ↓ -81% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $14.46 | ↓ -81% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $21.00 | ↓ -73% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $22.30 | ↓ -71% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $24.01 | ↓ -69% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $24.76 | ↓ -68% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $26.24 | ↓ -66% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $28.17 | ↓ -64% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $28.62 | ↓ -63% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $29.65 | ↓ -62% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $31.68 | ↓ -59% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $32.47 | ↓ -58% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $35.83 | ↓ -54% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $38.13 | ↓ -51% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $108.01 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $112.98 | ↑ +46% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $119.44 | ↑ +54% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $129.12 | ↑ +67% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $135.58 | ↑ +75% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $152.00 | ↑ +96% |
| 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) | $161.40 | ↑ +108% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $172.00 | ↑ +122% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $186.00 | ↑ +140% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $222.00 | ↑ +187% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $232.00 | ↑ +199% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $232.00 | ↑ +199% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $244.00 | ↑ +215% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $264.00 | ↑ +241% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $317.00 | ↑ +309% |
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Contrast baths charges at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $100.00 | $30.26 – $112.50 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $110.40 | $33.41 – $124.20 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $75.20 | $22.76 – $84.60 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $101.60 | $12.84 – $114.30 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $110.40 | $33.41 – $124.20 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $99.20 | $42.59 – $111.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $99.20 | $42.59 – $111.60 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $81.48 | $10.68 – $107.36 |