Echo exam of fetal heart at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$170.74
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.
$355.70
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.
$47.72 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,372.67 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.
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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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $47.72 | ↓ -72% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $52.66 | ↓ -69% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $83.61 | ↓ -51% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $88.95 | ↓ -48% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $117.85 | ↓ -31% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $129.61 | ↓ -24% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $158.73 | ↓ -7% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $166.04 | ↓ -3% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $175.53 | ↑ +3% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $189.76 | ↑ +11% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $199.25 | ↑ +17% |
| 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) | $237.20 | ↑ +39% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $292.71 | ↑ +71% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $301.00 | ↑ +76% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $310.73 | ↑ +82% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $334.57 | ↑ +96% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $365.54 | ↑ +114% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $392.39 | ↑ +130% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $413.04 | ↑ +142% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $440.00 | ↑ +158% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $459.00 | ↑ +169% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $459.00 | ↑ +169% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $466.00 | ↑ +173% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $483.00 | ↑ +183% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $499.30 | ↑ +192% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $520.60 | ↑ +205% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $520.60 | ↑ +205% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $534.96 | ↑ +213% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $536.22 | ↑ +214% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $545.54 | ↑ +220% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $563.12 | ↑ +230% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $563.12 | ↑ +230% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $591.28 | ↑ +246% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $591.28 | ↑ +246% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $650.75 | ↑ +281% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $915.64 | ↑ +436% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $1,372.67 | ↑ +704% |
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Echo exam of fetal heart at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $1,704.00 | $515.67 – $1,917.00 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,369.60 | $397.99 – $1,540.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,477.60 | $406.59 – $1,662.30 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $1,704.00 | $515.67 – $1,917.00 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,267.20 | $544.10 – $1,425.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,267.20 | $544.10 – $1,425.60 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $210.34 | $145.42 – $625.00 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $170.74 | $117.85 – $1,372.67 |