Echo stress at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$1,770.10
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,687.70
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$175.28 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $3,687.70 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
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $175.28 | ↓ -90% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $394.67 | ↓ -78% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $418.90 | ↓ -76% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $451.02 | ↓ -75% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $492.76 | ↓ -72% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $499.30 | ↓ -72% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $520.60 | ↓ -71% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $520.60 | ↓ -71% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $528.97 | ↓ -70% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $534.96 | ↓ -70% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $536.22 | ↓ -70% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $545.54 | ↓ -69% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $556.81 | ↓ -69% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $563.12 | ↓ -68% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $563.12 | ↓ -68% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $591.28 | ↓ -67% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $591.28 | ↓ -67% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $650.75 | ↓ -63% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $741.97 | ↓ -58% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $818.67 | ↓ -54% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $915.64 | ↓ -48% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $1,299.91 | ↓ -27% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $1,372.67 | ↓ -22% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $1,382.89 | ↓ -22% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $1,637.34 | ↓ -8% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $2,014.96 | ↑ +14% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $2,231.06 | ↑ +26% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $2,467.81 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $2,581.39 | ↑ +46% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $2,728.90 | ↑ +54% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $2,738.49 | ↑ +55% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $2,859.07 | ↑ +62% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $2,859.07 | ↑ +62% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $2,950.16 | ↑ +67% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $3,009.16 | ↑ +70% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $3,097.67 | ↑ +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) | $3,687.70 | ↑ +108% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Echo stress at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $2,165.60 | $575.70 – $2,436.30 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $2,185.60 | $575.70 – $2,458.80 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $2,052.80 | $575.70 – $2,309.40 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,121.60 | $397.99 – $2,386.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $2,179.20 | $406.59 – $2,326.50 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $2,185.60 | $575.70 – $2,458.80 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $2,101.60 | $575.70 – $2,364.30 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $2,101.60 | $575.70 – $2,364.30 |