Elbow mold sock suspension t 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

$4,529.47

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.

$9,436.40

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $9,436.40 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
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $1,273.72 ↓ -72%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $1,898.60 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $2,094.88 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $2,867.92 ↓ -37%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $3,044.01 ↓ -33%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $3,063.26 ↓ -32%
medicare medicare (u) $3,224.48 ↓ -29%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $3,224.48 ↓ -29%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $3,273.96 ↓ -28%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $3,273.96 ↓ -28%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $3,277.45 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $3,326.33 ↓ -27%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $3,372.18 ↓ -26%
medica medica medicare (u) $3,385.70 ↓ -25%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $3,385.70 ↓ -25%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $3,538.65 ↓ -22%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $3,580.75 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $3,843.88 ↓ -15%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $4,046.17 ↓ -11%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $4,092.45 ↓ -10%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $4,189.76 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $5,156.05 ↑ +14%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $6,314.84 ↑ +39%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $6,982.94 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $7,007.47 ↑ +55%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $7,316.04 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $7,316.04 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $7,549.12 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $7,700.10 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $7,926.58 ↑ +75%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $7,926.58 ↑ +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) $9,436.40 ↑ +108%

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Elbow mold sock suspension t at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $5,284.38 $1,829.38 – $6,963.09
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $4,529.47 $1,273.72 – $4,092.45
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $5,284.38 $1,829.38 – $6,963.09
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $4,219.43 $1,908.55 – $6,161.80
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $4,529.47 $1,273.72 – $4,092.45
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $5,284.38 $1,829.38 – $6,963.09
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $5,284.38 $1,829.38 – $6,963.09
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $5,284.38 $1,874.80 – $7,513.22

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