Ghs fish cytogen 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

$661.97

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.

$1,379.10

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.

$19.94 with allina aetna medicare (u) vs $254.54 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
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $19.94 ↓ -97%
medicare medicare (u) $20.99 ↓ -97%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $20.99 ↓ -97%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $21.40 ↓ -97%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $21.40 ↓ -97%
medica medica medicare (u) $22.04 ↓ -97%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $22.04 ↓ -97%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $22.04 ↓ -97%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $26.75 ↓ -96%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $27.46 ↓ -96%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $30.30 ↓ -95%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $38.32 ↓ -94%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $44.30 ↓ -93%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $48.12 ↓ -93%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $51.19 ↓ -92%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $60.61 ↓ -91%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $71.55 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $72.62 ↓ -89%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $74.58 ↓ -89%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $82.58 ↓ -88%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $91.35 ↓ -86%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $95.55 ↓ -86%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $101.01 ↓ -85%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $101.36 ↓ -85%
medica medica essentials (u m) $105.83 ↓ -84%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $105.83 ↓ -84%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $109.20 ↓ -84%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $111.38 ↓ -83%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $114.66 ↓ -83%
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) $136.50 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $180.38 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $191.49 ↓ -71%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $206.18 ↓ -69%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $225.26 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $241.82 ↓ -63%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $254.54 ↓ -62%

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Ghs fish cytogen at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $58.40 $15.49 – $57.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $58.40 $12.11 – $45.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $241.60 $15.49 – $57.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $58.40 $17.67 – $65.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $58.40 $12.11 – $45.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $475.20 $23.70 – $62.10
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $475.20 $23.70 – $62.10
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $572.15 $19.94 – $259.78

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