Fat/lipids feces qualitative 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

$38.54

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.

$80.30

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.

$4.75 with allina aetna medicare (u) vs $70.20 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
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $4.75 ↓ -88%
medicare medicare (u) $5.00 ↓ -87%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $5.00 ↓ -87%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $5.10 ↓ -87%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $5.10 ↓ -87%
medica medica medicare (u) $5.25 ↓ -86%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $5.25 ↓ -86%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $5.25 ↓ -86%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $6.38 ↓ -83%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $8.46 ↓ -78%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $9.43 ↓ -76%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $10.90 ↓ -72%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $14.12 ↓ -63%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $15.58 ↓ -60%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $17.61 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $21.01 ↓ -45%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $22.30 ↓ -42%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $24.01 ↓ -38%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $24.75 ↓ -36%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $26.23 ↓ -32%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $26.33 ↓ -32%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $28.17 ↓ -27%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $29.64 ↓ -23%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $31.17 ↓ -19%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $38.36 ↓ -0%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $42.47 ↑ +10%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $46.98 ↑ +22%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $49.14 ↑ +28%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $51.95 ↑ +35%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $52.13 ↑ +35%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $54.43 ↑ +41%
medica medica essentials (u m) $54.43 ↑ +41%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $56.16 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $57.28 ↑ +49%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $58.97 ↑ +53%
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) $70.20 ↑ +82%

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Fat/lipids feces qualitative at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $234.40 $70.94 – $263.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $72.80 $22.03 – $81.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $234.40 $70.94 – $263.70
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $39.31 $4.75 – $47.52
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $38.54 $4.75 – $17.61
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $39.31 $4.75 – $47.52
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $46.54 $4.75 – $61.99
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $38.54 $4.75 – $9.43

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