G-esoph reflx tst w/electrod 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

$613.01

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.

$1,277.10

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.

$256.95 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $3,119.00 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) $256.95 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $283.52 ↓ -54%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $468.00 ↓ -24%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $483.18 ↓ -21%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $527.92 ↓ -14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $574.63 ↓ -6%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $818.17 ↑ +33%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $818.17 ↑ +33%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $840.76 ↑ +37%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $842.72 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $854.64 ↑ +39%
health partners hpi (u m) $871.09 ↑ +42%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $885.01 ↑ +44%
medicare medicare (u) $885.01 ↑ +44%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $893.97 ↑ +46%
medica medica medicare (u) $929.26 ↑ +52%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $929.26 ↑ +52%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $945.05 ↑ +54%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $1,021.68 ↑ +67%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $1,022.71 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,072.76 ↑ +75%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $1,158.00 ↑ +89%
medica medica essentials (u m) $1,210.00 ↑ +97%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $1,210.00 ↑ +97%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,273.00 ↑ +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) $1,277.10 ↑ +108%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,328.35 ↑ +117%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $1,427.17 ↑ +133%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $1,515.10 ↑ +147%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $1,631.30 ↑ +166%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $1,782.36 ↑ +191%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $1,913.26 ↑ +212%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $1,945.00 ↑ +217%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,010.00 ↑ +228%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $2,013.95 ↑ +229%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $2,580.00 ↑ +321%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,119.00 ↑ +409%

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G-esoph reflx tst w/electrod at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $424.00 $241.52 – $546.77
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,940.80 $395.02 – $2,183.40
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $777.11 $709.07 – $2,055.44
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $613.01 $468.00 – $3,119.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $777.11 $709.07 – $2,055.44
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $613.01 $468.00 – $3,119.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $777.11 $709.07 – $2,055.44
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $777.11 $709.07 – $2,055.44

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