Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm 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

$2,809.20

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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$5,852.50

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.

$272.00 with united healthcare (um) vs $4,751.00 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.

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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
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↓ -90%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $955.90 ↓ -66%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $1,054.72 ↓ -62%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $1,255.83 ↓ -55%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,324.00 ↓ -53%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $1,475.43 ↓ -47%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $1,573.57 ↓ -44%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $1,573.57 ↓ -44%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $1,612.11 ↓ -43%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $1,617.00 ↓ -42%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $1,620.78 ↓ -42%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $1,674.73 ↓ -40%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $1,702.11 ↓ -39%
medicare medicare (u) $1,702.11 ↓ -39%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $1,781.63 ↓ -37%
medica medica medicare (u) $1,787.22 ↓ -36%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $1,787.22 ↓ -36%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $1,966.96 ↓ -30%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $2,457.00 ↓ -13%
medica medica essentials (u m) $2,565.00 ↓ -9%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $2,565.00 ↓ -9%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $2,595.95 ↓ -8%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $2,700.00 ↓ -4%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $3,119.05 ↑ +11%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $3,179.37 ↑ +13%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $3,311.20 ↑ +18%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $3,325.70 ↑ +18%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $3,515.74 ↑ +25%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $3,565.15 ↑ +27%
health partners hpi (u m) $3,598.36 ↑ +28%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $3,800.80 ↑ +35%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $3,895.25 ↑ +39%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $3,990.84 ↑ +42%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $4,056.36 ↑ +44%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $4,181.36 ↑ +49%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $4,401.41 ↑ +57%
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) $4,751.00 ↑ +69%

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Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,616.00 $1,169.64 – $2,943.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $429.13 $518.76 – $4,492.10
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $2,809.20 $1,255.83 – $4,056.36
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $429.13 $518.76 – $4,492.10
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $2,809.20 $1,255.83 – $3,784.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $429.13 $518.76 – $4,492.10
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $429.13 $518.76 – $4,492.10
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $429.13 $324.24 – $9,817.63

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