Diab shoe for density insert 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

$136.66

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.

$284.70

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $284.70 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) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $35.22 ↓ -74%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $57.28 ↓ -58%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $63.18 ↓ -54%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $63.20 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $79.31 ↓ -42%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $84.18 ↓ -38%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $84.52 ↓ -38%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $84.52 ↓ -38%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $87.06 ↓ -36%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $90.63 ↓ -34%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $99.02 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $100.36 ↓ -27%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $105.65 ↓ -23%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $106.30 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $106.76 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $111.90 ↓ -18%
south country health alliance scha msho (u) $113.88 ↓ -17%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $126.41 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $155.56 ↑ +14%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $190.52 ↑ +39%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $192.39 ↑ +41%
health partners hpi (u m) $195.55 ↑ +43%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $210.68 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $211.42 ↑ +55%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $220.73 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $220.73 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $227.76 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $232.32 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $239.15 ↑ +75%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $239.15 ↑ +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) $284.70 ↑ +108%

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Diab shoe for density insert at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $159.43 $50.59 – $210.08
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $136.66 $35.22 – $192.71
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $159.43 $50.59 – $210.08
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $116.70 $52.78 – $170.43
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $136.66 $0.40 – $105.65
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $159.43 $50.59 – $192.73
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $159.43 $50.59 – $192.73
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $159.43 $51.85 – $207.77

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