Hcg qualitative 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

$32.98

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.

$68.70

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.

$7.00 with allina aetna medicare (u) vs $50.64 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) $7.00 ↓ -79%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $7.37 ↓ -78%
medicare medicare (u) $7.37 ↓ -78%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $7.51 ↓ -77%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $7.51 ↓ -77%
medica medica medicare (u) $7.74 ↓ -77%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $7.74 ↓ -77%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $7.74 ↓ -77%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $9.30 ↓ -72%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $9.39 ↓ -72%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $10.26 ↓ -69%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $13.56 ↓ -59%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $14.45 ↓ -56%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $15.67 ↓ -52%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $16.29 ↓ -51%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $17.33 ↓ -47%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $20.51 ↓ -38%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $25.24 ↓ -23%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $25.32 ↓ -23%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $27.95 ↓ -15%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $30.92 ↓ -6%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $32.34 ↓ -2%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $34.19 ↑ +4%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $34.31 ↑ +4%
medica medica essentials (u m) $35.82 ↑ +9%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $35.82 ↑ +9%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $35.88 ↑ +9%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $36.96 ↑ +12%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $37.70 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $38.09 ↑ +15%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $38.81 ↑ +18%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $41.02 ↑ +24%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $44.81 ↑ +36%
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) $46.20 ↑ +40%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $48.11 ↑ +46%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $50.64 ↑ +54%

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Hcg qualitative at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $68.80 $20.82 – $77.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $85.60 $25.90 – $96.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $88.00 $22.52 – $83.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $52.00 $15.74 – $58.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $85.60 $25.90 – $96.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $90.40 $38.82 – $101.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $90.40 $38.82 – $101.70
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $30.18 $7.00 – $51.68

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