Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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

$489.60

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.

$1,020.00

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.

$205.22 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,302.00 with medica health system — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $205.22 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $221.17 ↓ -55%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $226.44 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $359.55 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $382.50 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $497.98 ↑ +2%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $528.56 ↑ +8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $557.33 ↑ +14%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $569.09 ↑ +16%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $617.10 ↑ +26%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $621.75 ↑ +27%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $667.44 ↑ +36%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $682.58 ↑ +39%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $702.56 ↑ +43%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $714.00 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $754.80 ↑ +54%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $816.00 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $856.80 ↑ +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) $1,020.00 ↑ +108%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,204.00 ↑ +146%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $2,095.00 ↑ +328%
medica medica essentials (u m) $2,187.00 ↑ +347%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $2,187.00 ↑ +347%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $2,302.00 ↑ +370%

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $825.60 $249.85 – $928.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $870.40 $263.40 – $979.20
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $870.40 $263.40 – $979.20
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $852.00 $257.84 – $958.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $808.80 $244.76 – $909.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $870.40 $1.02 – $979.20
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $456.80 $1.00 – $513.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $870.40 $263.40 – $979.20

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