Eval aud funcj ea addl 15 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

$152.69

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.

$318.10

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.

$15.97 with medicaid vs $384.55 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $15.97 ↓ -90%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $15.97 ↓ -90%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $16.45 ↓ -89%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $19.96 ↓ -87%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $64.00 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $70.62 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $109.72 ↓ -28%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $152.00 ↓ -0%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $172.00 ↑ +13%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $186.00 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $212.87 ↑ +39%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $222.00 ↑ +45%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $222.67 ↑ +46%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $232.00 ↑ +52%
medica medica essentials (u m) $232.00 ↑ +52%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $235.39 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $244.00 ↑ +60%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $254.48 ↑ +67%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $264.00 ↑ +73%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $267.20 ↑ +75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $272.51 ↑ +78%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $289.30 ↑ +89%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $311.48 ↑ +104%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $317.00 ↑ +108%
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) $318.10 ↑ +108%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $340.33 ↑ +123%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $365.32 ↑ +139%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $384.55 ↑ +152%

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Eval aud funcj ea addl 15 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $97.60 $1.02 – $109.80
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $131.38 $16.18 – $392.47
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $152.69 $15.97 – $340.33
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $131.38 $16.18 – $392.47
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $152.69 $15.97 – $340.33
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $131.38 $16.18 – $392.47
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $131.38 $16.18 – $392.47
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $131.38 $16.18 – $857.75

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