Fix g/colon tube w/device at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$1,003.68
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.
$2,091.00
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.
$420.71 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) 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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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $420.71 | ↓ -58% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $464.20 | ↓ -54% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $574.63 | ↓ -43% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $853.77 | ↓ -15% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $864.13 | ↓ -14% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $864.13 | ↓ -14% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $887.99 | ↓ -12% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $890.05 | ↓ -11% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $932.82 | ↓ -7% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $934.73 | ↓ -7% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $934.73 | ↓ -7% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $981.47 | ↓ -2% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $981.47 | ↓ -2% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $1,060.71 | ↑ +6% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $1,080.16 | ↑ +8% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,399.30 | ↑ +39% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $1,427.17 | ↑ +42% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $1,463.70 | ↑ +46% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $1,515.10 | ↑ +51% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $1,547.34 | ↑ +54% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $1,627.00 | ↑ +62% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $1,631.30 | ↑ +63% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $1,672.80 | ↑ +67% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,756.44 | ↑ +75% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $1,782.36 | ↑ +78% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $1,913.26 | ↑ +91% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $2,013.95 | ↑ +101% |
| 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) | $2,091.00 | ↑ +108% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $2,104.00 | ↑ +110% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $2,255.00 | ↑ +125% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $2,347.17 | ↑ +134% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $3,243.00 | ↑ +223% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $3,731.00 | ↑ +272% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $3,895.00 | ↑ +288% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $3,895.00 | ↑ +288% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $4,100.00 | ↑ +308% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $6,451.00 | ↑ +543% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,240.80 | $653.96 – $1,395.90 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $745.47 | $709.07 – $4,275.53 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $1,003.68 | $574.63 – $3,895.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $745.47 | $709.07 – $4,275.53 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $1,003.68 | $574.63 – $3,895.00 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $745.47 | $709.07 – $4,512.00 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $745.47 | $709.07 – $4,275.53 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $745.47 | $563.26 – $4,492.24 |