Fructosamine glycated protein 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

$25.78

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.

$53.70

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.

$5.47 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $50.64 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $5.47 ↓ -79%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $6.04 ↓ -77%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $9.59 ↓ -63%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $10.20 ↓ -60%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $12.08 ↓ -53%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $14.45 ↓ -44%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $14.86 ↓ -42%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $15.60 ↓ -39%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $16.42 ↓ -36%
medicare medicare (u) $16.42 ↓ -36%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $16.46 ↓ -36%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $16.74 ↓ -35%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $16.74 ↓ -35%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $17.24 ↓ -33%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $17.24 ↓ -33%
medica medica medicare (u) $17.24 ↓ -33%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $18.20 ↓ -29%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $19.04 ↓ -26%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $20.13 ↓ -22%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $20.20 ↓ -22%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $20.92 ↓ -19%
medica medica essentials (u m) $21.09 ↓ -18%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $21.09 ↓ -18%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $21.76 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $22.20 ↓ -14%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $22.85 ↓ -11%
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) $27.20 ↑ +6%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $27.20 ↑ +6%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $27.69 ↑ +7%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $30.18 ↑ +17%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $35.88 ↑ +39%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $38.09 ↑ +48%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $41.02 ↑ +59%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $44.81 ↑ +74%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $48.11 ↑ +87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $50.64 ↑ +96%

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Fructosamine glycated protein at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $57.60 $17.43 – $64.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $56.00 $16.95 – $63.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $54.40 $16.46 – $61.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $56.00 $16.95 – $63.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $51.20 $21.98 – $57.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $51.20 $21.98 – $57.60
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $30.07 $14.76 – $51.68
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $25.78 $14.45 – $30.18

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