Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection solution 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

$729.90

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,520.63

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 $242.28 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%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $6.92 ↓ -99%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $6.92 ↓ -99%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $7.13 ↓ -99%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $7.19 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $7.20 ↓ -99%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $7.57 ↓ -99%
medicare medicare (u) $7.57 ↓ -99%
medica medica medicare (u) $7.95 ↓ -99%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $7.95 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $8.12 ↓ -99%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $8.65 ↓ -99%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $9.56 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $9.76 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $10.25 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $10.80 ↓ -99%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $11.47 ↓ -98%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $12.21 ↓ -98%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $14.11 ↓ -98%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $22.78 ↓ -97%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $48.75 ↓ -93%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $53.79 ↓ -93%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $85.40 ↓ -88%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $90.86 ↓ -88%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $107.57 ↓ -85%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $132.38 ↓ -82%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $162.13 ↓ -78%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $169.60 ↓ -77%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $173.74 ↓ -76%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $179.29 ↓ -75%
medica medica essentials (u m) $181.40 ↓ -75%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $181.40 ↓ -75%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $190.92 ↓ -74%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $193.82 ↓ -73%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $203.52 ↓ -72%
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) $242.28 ↓ -67%

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Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $292.31 $88.46 – $328.84
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $332.16 $100.52 – $373.67
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $220.00 $7.38 – $247.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $335.69 $101.59 – $377.65
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $462.81 $197.20 – $516.69
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $462.81 $197.20 – $516.69
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $851.55 $6.92 – $178.78
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $729.90 $6.92 – $22.78

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