Electron microscopy diagnostic at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$889.87
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.
$1,853.90
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.
$51.59 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $2,045.11 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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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $51.59 | ↓ -94% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $128.13 | ↓ -86% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $136.01 | ↓ -85% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $146.45 | ↓ -84% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $160.01 | ↓ -82% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $171.77 | ↓ -81% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $180.81 | ↓ -80% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $352.48 | ↓ -60% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $388.92 | ↓ -56% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $415.36 | ↓ -53% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $415.36 | ↓ -53% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $427.82 | ↓ -52% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $519.20 | ↓ -42% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $617.54 | ↓ -31% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $656.96 | ↓ -26% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $743.90 | ↓ -16% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $777.84 | ↓ -13% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $788.80 | ↓ -11% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $812.78 | ↓ -9% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $830.32 | ↓ -7% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $830.32 | ↓ -7% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $871.84 | ↓ -2% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $871.84 | ↓ -2% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $957.24 | ↑ +8% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $967.78 | ↑ +9% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $1,059.90 | ↑ +19% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,172.37 | ↑ +32% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $1,226.33 | ↑ +38% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $1,296.41 | ↑ +46% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $1,300.96 | ↑ +46% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $1,358.25 | ↑ +53% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $1,358.25 | ↑ +53% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $1,401.52 | ↑ +57% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $1,429.55 | ↑ +61% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,471.60 | ↑ +65% |
| 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) | $1,751.90 | ↑ +97% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $2,045.11 | ↑ +130% |
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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,024.80 | $440.02 – $1,152.90 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,024.80 | $440.02 – $1,152.90 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $833.00 | $63.66 – $957.64 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $889.87 | $51.59 – $2,045.11 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $833.00 | $63.66 – $957.64 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $1,047.20 | $82.94 – $1,427.37 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $889.87 | $51.59 – $863.53 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $833.00 | $63.66 – $957.64 |