Fracture assessment via dxa 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

$144.19

Cash price

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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.

$300.40

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.

$60.44 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $331.00 with aetna direct network — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $60.44 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $66.69 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $80.18 ↓ -44%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $82.91 ↓ -42%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $82.91 ↓ -42%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $85.21 ↓ -41%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $85.40 ↓ -41%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $87.60 ↓ -39%
medicare medicare (u) $89.69 ↓ -38%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $89.69 ↓ -38%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $89.87 ↓ -38%
medica medica medicare (u) $94.17 ↓ -35%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $94.17 ↓ -35%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $103.64 ↓ -28%
health partners hpi (u m) $133.57 ↓ -7%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $180.00 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $201.03 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $210.28 ↑ +46%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $216.00 ↑ +50%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $220.43 ↑ +53%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $222.30 ↑ +54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $223.21 ↑ +55%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $236.96 ↑ +64%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $238.00 ↑ +65%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $238.00 ↑ +65%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $240.32 ↑ +67%
medica medica essentials (u m) $249.00 ↑ +73%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $249.00 ↑ +73%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $252.34 ↑ +75%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $255.13 ↑ +77%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $262.00 ↑ +82%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $278.76 ↑ +93%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $299.23 ↑ +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) $300.40 ↑ +108%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $314.98 ↑ +118%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $326.00 ↑ +126%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $331.00 ↑ +130%

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Fracture assessment via dxa at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $151.09 $82.91 – $336.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $144.19 $80.18 – $331.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $151.09 $82.91 – $336.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $144.19 $80.18 – $331.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $151.09 $82.91 – $336.00
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $151.09 $82.91 – $336.00
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $151.09 $82.91 – $702.57
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $92.45 – $92.45

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