CT uppr extremity w/o&w/dye at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$1,079.71
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.
$2,249.40
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.
$162.11 with health partners vs $2,249.40 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.
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 |
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| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $162.11 | ↓ -85% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $167.11 | ↓ -85% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $167.11 | ↓ -85% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $171.73 | ↓ -84% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $172.12 | ↓ -84% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $177.12 | ↓ -84% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $180.77 | ↓ -83% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $180.77 | ↓ -83% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $189.81 | ↓ -82% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $189.81 | ↓ -82% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $192.47 | ↓ -82% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $208.89 | ↓ -81% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $417.03 | ↓ -61% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $433.37 | ↓ -60% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $445.67 | ↓ -59% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $452.58 | ↓ -58% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $459.98 | ↓ -57% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $495.26 | ↓ -54% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $499.37 | ↓ -54% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $541.09 | ↓ -50% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $580.85 | ↓ -46% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $611.42 | ↓ -43% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $654.00 | ↓ -39% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $735.00 | ↓ -32% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $788.00 | ↓ -27% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $943.00 | ↓ -13% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $984.00 | ↓ -9% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $984.00 | ↓ -9% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $1,036.00 | ↓ -4% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $1,136.00 | ↑ +5% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $1,379.00 | ↑ +28% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,505.30 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $1,574.58 | ↑ +46% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $1,664.56 | ↑ +54% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $1,799.52 | ↑ +67% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,889.50 | ↑ +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) | $2,249.40 | ↑ +108% |
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CT uppr extremity w/o&w/dye at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $2,369.60 | $186.92 – $2,665.80 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $3,199.20 | $186.92 – $3,599.10 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,449.60 | $132.55 – $2,755.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $2,377.60 | $135.41 – $2,674.80 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $2,369.60 | $186.92 – $2,665.80 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $2,300.00 | $186.92 – $2,587.50 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $2,300.00 | $186.92 – $2,587.50 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $2,281.22 | $167.11 – $709.05 |