Hematocrit 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

$46.99

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.

$97.90

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.

$1.57 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $15.00 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) $1.57 ↓ -97%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $2.20 ↓ -95%
medicare medicare (u) $2.32 ↓ -95%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $2.32 ↓ -95%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $2.37 ↓ -95%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $2.37 ↓ -95%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $2.44 ↓ -95%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $2.44 ↓ -95%
medica medica medicare (u) $2.44 ↓ -95%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $2.96 ↓ -94%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $3.02 ↓ -94%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $3.33 ↓ -93%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $3.53 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $3.75 ↓ -92%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $4.03 ↓ -91%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $4.12 ↓ -91%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $4.41 ↓ -91%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $4.73 ↓ -90%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $4.77 ↓ -90%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $4.98 ↓ -89%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $5.29 ↓ -89%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $5.63 ↓ -88%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $6.66 ↓ -86%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $7.70 ↓ -84%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $8.20 ↓ -83%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $9.07 ↓ -81%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $10.04 ↓ -79%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $10.50 ↓ -78%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $11.10 ↓ -76%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $11.14 ↓ -76%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $11.63 ↓ -75%
medica medica essentials (u m) $11.63 ↓ -75%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $12.00 ↓ -74%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $12.24 ↓ -74%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $12.60 ↓ -73%
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) $15.00 ↓ -68%

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Hematocrit at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $47.20 $14.28 – $53.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $48.80 $14.77 – $54.90
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $20.00 $6.05 – $22.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $14.40 $4.36 – $16.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $48.80 $14.77 – $54.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $35.20 $15.11 – $39.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $35.20 $15.11 – $39.60
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $43.01 $2.20 – $11.07

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