Esophagoscopy retro balloon at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$3,092.93
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.
$6,443.60
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.
$604.45 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $6,451.00 with united healthcare (um) — 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) | $604.45 | ↓ -80% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $1,153.57 | ↓ -63% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $1,224.67 | ↓ -60% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $1,296.45 | ↓ -58% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $1,318.65 | ↓ -57% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $1,430.48 | ↓ -54% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $1,440.70 | ↓ -53% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $1,546.53 | ↓ -50% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $1,627.00 | ↓ -47% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $1,627.96 | ↓ -47% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $1,727.45 | ↓ -44% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $1,828.25 | ↓ -41% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $1,828.25 | ↓ -41% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $1,878.72 | ↓ -39% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $1,883.10 | ↓ -39% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $1,887.47 | ↓ -39% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $1,977.60 | ↓ -36% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $1,977.60 | ↓ -36% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $2,076.48 | ↓ -33% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $2,076.48 | ↓ -33% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $2,285.31 | ↓ -26% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $2,456.00 | ↓ -21% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $2,626.00 | ↓ -15% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $3,731.00 | ↑ +21% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $3,784.00 | ↑ +22% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $3,895.00 | ↑ +26% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $3,895.00 | ↑ +26% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $4,100.00 | ↑ +33% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $4,180.76 | ↑ +35% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $4,312.06 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $4,510.52 | ↑ +46% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $4,749.23 | ↑ +54% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $4,768.26 | ↑ +54% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $5,154.88 | ↑ +67% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $5,412.62 | ↑ +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) | $6,443.60 | ↑ +108% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $6,451.00 | ↑ +109% |
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Esophagoscopy retro balloon at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $3,092.93 | $604.45 – $4,749.23 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $3,092.93 | $604.45 – $3,895.00 |
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | not published | $1,991.84 – $1,991.84 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | not published | $1,991.84 – $1,991.84 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | not published | $1,991.84 – $1,991.84 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | not published | $1,991.84 – $1,991.84 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | not published | $1,991.84 – $1,991.84 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | not published | $1,372.76 – $1,954.79 |