Dilation of salivary duct 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

$1,273.63

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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$2,653.40

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.

$205.48 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $2,144.40 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.

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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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $205.48 ↓ -84%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $392.15 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $416.32 ↓ -67%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $431.45 ↓ -66%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $448.27 ↓ -65%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $463.74 ↓ -64%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $468.00 ↓ -63%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $476.06 ↓ -63%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $489.76 ↓ -62%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $506.68 ↓ -60%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $513.85 ↓ -60%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $513.85 ↓ -60%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $525.74 ↓ -59%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $528.03 ↓ -59%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $529.27 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $553.42 ↓ -57%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $555.82 ↓ -56%
medicare medicare (u) $555.82 ↓ -56%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $583.61 ↓ -54%
medica medica medicare (u) $583.61 ↓ -54%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $642.31 ↓ -50%
health partners hpi (u m) $687.46 ↓ -46%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $755.90 ↓ -41%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $804.15 ↓ -37%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $1,158.00 ↓ -9%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,171.70 ↓ -8%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $1,210.00 ↓ -5%
medica medica essentials (u m) $1,210.00 ↓ -5%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,273.00 ↓ -0%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,274.91 ↑ +0%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,435.03 ↑ +13%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $1,501.08 ↑ +18%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $1,586.86 ↑ +25%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $1,715.52 ↑ +35%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,801.30 ↑ +41%
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) $2,144.40 ↑ +68%

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Dilation of salivary duct at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,273.63 $205.48 – $3,243.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,273.63 $205.48 – $3,243.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $534.71 – $534.71
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $534.71 – $534.71
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $534.71 – $534.71
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $534.71 – $534.71
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $534.71 – $534.71
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $396.93 – $524.77

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