Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$899.42
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.
$1,873.80
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.
$272.00 with united healthcare (um) vs $4,053.07 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 |
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| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $272.00 | ↓ -70% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $377.01 | ↓ -58% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $415.98 | ↓ -54% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $607.82 | ↓ -32% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $660.51 | ↓ -27% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $664.12 | ↓ -26% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $664.35 | ↓ -26% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $664.35 | ↓ -26% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $682.69 | ↓ -24% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $684.28 | ↓ -24% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $702.67 | ↓ -22% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $718.62 | ↓ -20% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $718.62 | ↓ -20% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $754.55 | ↓ -16% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $754.55 | ↓ -16% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $830.44 | ↓ -8% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $831.97 | ↓ -7% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $1,023.84 | ↑ +14% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,253.95 | ↑ +39% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $1,275.89 | ↑ +42% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $1,311.66 | ↑ +46% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $1,386.61 | ↑ +54% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $1,391.48 | ↑ +55% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $1,452.76 | ↑ +62% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $1,452.76 | ↑ +62% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $1,499.04 | ↑ +67% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $1,519.21 | ↑ +69% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $1,529.02 | ↑ +70% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,573.99 | ↑ +75% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $1,671.05 | ↑ +86% |
| 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) | $1,873.80 | ↑ +108% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $2,872.81 | ↑ +219% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $3,049.21 | ↑ +239% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $3,283.04 | ↑ +265% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $3,586.85 | ↑ +299% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $3,850.42 | ↑ +328% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $4,053.07 | ↑ +351% |
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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $3,423.20 | $700.84 – $3,851.10 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $3,840.80 | $700.84 – $4,320.90 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $1,180.80 | $357.34 – $1,328.40 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $3,484.00 | $492.81 – $3,919.50 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $3,840.80 | $700.84 – $4,320.90 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $899.42 | $607.82 – $1,671.05 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $899.42 | $607.82 – $1,275.89 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | not published | $700.84 – $700.84 |