Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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

$76.90

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.

$160.20

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.

$11.63 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $57.80 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $11.63 ↓ -85%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $12.83 ↓ -83%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $13.70 ↓ -82%
medicare medicare (u) $14.42 ↓ -81%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $14.42 ↓ -81%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $14.45 ↓ -81%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $14.70 ↓ -81%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $14.70 ↓ -81%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $15.14 ↓ -80%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $15.14 ↓ -80%
medica medica medicare (u) $15.14 ↓ -80%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $18.38 ↓ -76%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $20.37 ↓ -74%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $21.67 ↓ -72%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $25.66 ↓ -67%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $26.53 ↓ -66%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $30.67 ↓ -60%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $31.58 ↓ -59%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $34.97 ↓ -55%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $35.88 ↓ -53%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $38.09 ↓ -50%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $38.68 ↓ -50%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $40.46 ↓ -47%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $41.02 ↓ -47%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $42.77 ↓ -44%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $42.92 ↓ -44%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $44.81 ↓ -42%
medica medica essentials (u m) $44.81 ↓ -42%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $44.81 ↓ -42%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $46.24 ↓ -40%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $47.16 ↓ -39%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $48.11 ↓ -37%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $48.55 ↓ -37%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $49.53 ↓ -36%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $50.64 ↓ -34%
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) $57.80 ↓ -25%

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Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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 $50.40 $15.25 – $56.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $57.60 $15.25 – $56.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $50.40 $15.25 – $56.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $50.40 $21.64 – $56.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $50.40 $21.64 – $56.70
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $89.71 $13.70 – $51.68
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $76.90 $13.70 – $49.53

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