General health panel 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

$67.30

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.

$140.20

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.

$13.09 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $140.20 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $13.09 ↓ -81%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $28.21 ↓ -58%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $31.11 ↓ -54%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $31.12 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $32.53 ↓ -52%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $34.52 ↓ -49%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $37.17 ↓ -45%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $40.61 ↓ -40%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $43.60 ↓ -35%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $45.89 ↓ -32%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $49.42 ↓ -27%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $50.08 ↓ -26%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $50.08 ↓ -26%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $51.58 ↓ -23%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $52.57 ↓ -22%
south country health alliance scha msho (u) $56.08 ↓ -17%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $62.25 ↓ -8%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $62.60 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $76.61 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $84.82 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $93.82 ↑ +39%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $94.74 ↑ +41%
health partners hpi (u m) $96.30 ↑ +43%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $98.14 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $103.75 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $104.11 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $108.70 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $108.70 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $112.16 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $114.40 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $117.77 ↑ +75%
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) $140.20 ↑ +108%

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General health panel at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $404.80 $122.50 – $455.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $333.60 $100.96 – $375.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $318.40 $96.36 – $358.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $179.20 $54.23 – $201.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $333.60 $100.96 – $375.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $337.60 $144.96 – $379.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $337.60 $144.96 – $379.80
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $86.86 $16.16 – $114.45

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