Infectious agent nucleic acid amp probe multiplex chlamydia trachomatis neisseria gonorrhoeae 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

$89.86

Cash price

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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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$187.20

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.

$15.11 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $85.20 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) $15.11 ↓ -83%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $17.14 ↓ -81%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $18.90 ↓ -79%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $18.91 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $27.69 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $27.92 ↓ -69%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $30.03 ↓ -67%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $31.59 ↓ -65%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $31.95 ↓ -64%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $32.57 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $34.97 ↓ -61%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $36.81 ↓ -59%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $37.83 ↓ -58%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $46.55 ↓ -48%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $51.55 ↓ -43%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $57.02 ↓ -37%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $57.58 ↓ -36%
health partners hpi (u m) $58.52 ↓ -35%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $59.64 ↓ -34%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $63.05 ↓ -30%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $63.27 ↓ -30%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $65.34 ↓ -27%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $66.06 ↓ -26%
medica medica essentials (u m) $66.06 ↓ -26%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $68.16 ↓ -24%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $68.78 ↓ -23%
medicare medicare (u) $68.78 ↓ -23%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $69.52 ↓ -23%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $71.57 ↓ -20%
medica medica medicare (u) $72.22 ↓ -20%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $72.22 ↓ -20%
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) $85.20 ↓ -5%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amp probe multiplex chlamydia trachomatis neisseria gonorrhoeae at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $280.00 $79.41 – $295.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $271.20 $60.77 – $225.90
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $266.40 $60.77 – $225.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $340.00 $60.77 – $225.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $271.20 $60.77 – $225.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $384.80 $86.22 – $225.90
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $384.80 $86.22 – $225.90
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $110.43 $19.83 – $72.22

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