Ghs picc line insert < 5 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

$1,940.30

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.

$4,042.30

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.

$78.27 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $4,042.30 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) $78.27 ↓ -96%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $176.24 ↓ -91%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $187.06 ↓ -90%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $201.40 ↓ -90%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $220.04 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $236.21 ↓ -88%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $248.64 ↓ -87%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↓ -86%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $813.31 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $897.39 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $1,414.60 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $1,424.91 ↓ -27%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $1,499.78 ↓ -23%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $1,499.78 ↓ -23%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $1,515.86 ↓ -22%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $1,541.18 ↓ -21%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $1,544.77 ↓ -20%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $1,545.65 ↓ -20%
medicare medicare (u) $1,622.30 ↓ -16%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $1,622.30 ↓ -16%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $1,703.41 ↓ -12%
medica medica medicare (u) $1,703.41 ↓ -12%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,794.78 ↓ -7%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $1,874.72 ↓ -3%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $2,208.71 ↑ +14%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $2,705.11 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $2,829.61 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $2,991.30 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $3,001.81 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $3,134.00 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $3,134.00 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $3,233.84 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $3,298.52 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $3,395.53 ↑ +75%
health partners hpi (u m) $3,429.63 ↑ +77%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $3,889.13 ↑ +100%
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) $4,042.30 ↑ +108%

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Ghs picc line insert < 5 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,200.80 $1,155.40 – $2,475.90
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,208.76 $112.42 – $1,683.87
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,940.30 $78.27 – $3,889.13
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,208.76 $112.42 – $1,772.20
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $1,064.95 $117.28 – $1,622.30
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,940.30 $78.27 – $1,874.72
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,208.76 $112.42 – $1,703.41
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $1,208.76 $112.42 – $1,772.20

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