Event monitor 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

$109.63

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.

$228.40

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.

$33.96 with health partners vs $947.00 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.

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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
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $33.96 ↓ -69%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $35.56 ↓ -68%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $35.56 ↓ -68%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $36.54 ↓ -67%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $36.63 ↓ -67%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $37.11 ↓ -66%
medicare medicare (u) $38.46 ↓ -65%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $38.46 ↓ -65%
medica medica medicare (u) $40.38 ↓ -63%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $40.38 ↓ -63%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $44.45 ↓ -59%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $45.95 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $50.70 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $64.96 ↓ -41%
health partners hpi (u m) $73.86 ↓ -33%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $80.51 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $85.65 ↓ -22%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $93.35 ↓ -15%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $101.41 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $124.80 ↑ +14%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $152.85 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $159.88 ↑ +46%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $161.34 ↑ +47%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $169.02 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $169.61 ↑ +55%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $171.29 ↑ +56%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $177.08 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $177.08 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $182.72 ↑ +67%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $184.42 ↑ +68%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $186.37 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $191.86 ↑ +75%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $201.50 ↑ +84%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $216.29 ↑ +97%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $227.69 ↑ +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) $228.40 ↑ +108%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $947.00 ↑ +764%

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Event monitor at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $409.60 $39.15 – $460.80
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $197.60 $39.15 – $222.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $290.40 $39.15 – $326.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $305.60 $39.15 – $343.80
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $197.60 $27.21 – $222.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $409.60 $39.15 – $460.80
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $152.38 $35.56 – $232.37
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $109.63 $33.96 – $93.35

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