Drainage lymph node lesion 38300 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

$293.14

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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$610.70

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.

$99.31 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $7,165.30 with health partners — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $99.31 ↓ -66%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $109.58 ↓ -63%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $173.99 ↓ -41%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $185.10 ↓ -37%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $219.16 ↓ -25%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $269.70 ↓ -8%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↓ -7%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $330.32 ↑ +13%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $345.52 ↑ +18%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $365.26 ↑ +25%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $366.55 ↑ +25%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $382.69 ↑ +31%
medica medica essentials (u m) $382.69 ↑ +31%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $394.88 ↑ +35%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $402.78 ↑ +37%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $414.62 ↑ +41%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $467.73 ↑ +60%
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) $493.60 ↑ +68%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $892.64 ↑ +205%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $947.67 ↑ +223%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $1,020.38 ↑ +248%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $1,114.83 ↑ +280%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $1,196.72 ↑ +308%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $1,259.72 ↑ +330%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $2,606.25 ↑ +789%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $2,767.48 ↑ +844%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $2,767.48 ↑ +844%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $2,843.88 ↑ +870%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $2,847.68 ↑ +871%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $2,850.50 ↑ +872%
medicare medicare (u) $2,993.56 ↑ +921%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $2,993.56 ↑ +921%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $3,143.24 ↑ +972%
medica medica medicare (u) $3,143.24 ↑ +972%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $3,459.35 ↑ +1080%
health partners hpi (u m) $6,328.56 ↑ +2059%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $7,165.30 ↑ +2344%

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Drainage lymph node lesion 38300 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $231.50 $279.86 – $3,107.18
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $293.14 $467.73 – $7,165.30
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $231.50 $279.86 – $3,270.18
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $293.14 $467.73 – $3,895.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $231.50 $279.86 – $3,143.24
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $231.50 $279.86 – $3,270.18
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $231.50 $174.92 – $2,993.56
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $3,005.15 – $3,005.15

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