Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$30.10
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.
$62.70
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.
$5.65 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $38.13 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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) | $5.65 | ↓ -81% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $6.24 | ↓ -79% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $8.79 | ↓ -71% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $9.25 | ↓ -69% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $9.25 | ↓ -69% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $9.43 | ↓ -69% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $9.43 | ↓ -69% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $9.71 | ↓ -68% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $9.71 | ↓ -68% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $9.71 | ↓ -68% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $9.91 | ↓ -67% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $10.54 | ↓ -65% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $10.88 | ↓ -64% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $11.79 | ↓ -61% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $12.48 | ↓ -59% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $15.35 | ↓ -49% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $17.00 | ↓ -44% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $17.09 | ↓ -43% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $18.80 | ↓ -38% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $19.67 | ↓ -35% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $19.76 | ↓ -34% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $20.79 | ↓ -31% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $20.87 | ↓ -31% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $21.79 | ↓ -28% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $21.79 | ↓ -28% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $22.48 | ↓ -25% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $22.93 | ↓ -24% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $23.60 | ↓ -22% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $27.03 | ↓ -10% |
| 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) | $28.10 | ↓ -7% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $28.69 | ↓ -5% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $30.90 | ↑ +3% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $31.18 | ↑ +4% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $33.76 | ↑ +12% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $36.23 | ↑ +20% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $38.13 | ↑ +27% |
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Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $51.20 | $15.49 – $57.60 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $56.00 | $16.95 – $63.00 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $36.80 | $11.14 – $41.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $44.80 | $12.59 – $46.80 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $56.00 | $16.95 – $63.00 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $80.00 | $34.35 – $90.00 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $80.00 | $34.35 – $90.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $35.11 | $8.79 – $38.93 |