Infuse radioactive materials 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

$264.58

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.

$551.20

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.

$110.90 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,460.93 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $110.90 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $122.37 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $194.30 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $206.70 ↓ -22%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $239.48 ↓ -9%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $244.73 ↓ -8%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $261.65 ↓ -1%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $301.18 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $333.48 ↑ +26%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $367.47 ↑ +39%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $367.47 ↑ +39%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $368.86 ↑ +39%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $377.63 ↑ +43%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $378.49 ↑ +43%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $385.84 ↑ +46%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $397.50 ↑ +50%
medicare medicare (u) $397.50 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $407.89 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $409.32 ↑ +55%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $416.84 ↑ +58%
medica medica medicare (u) $417.38 ↑ +58%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $417.38 ↑ +58%
health partners hpi (u m) $426.97 ↑ +61%
medica medica essentials (u m) $427.35 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $427.35 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $440.96 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $449.78 ↑ +70%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $459.34 ↑ +74%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $463.01 ↑ +75%
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) $551.20 ↑ +108%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $658.36 ↑ +149%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $1,035.29 ↑ +291%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $1,099.06 ↑ +315%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $1,183.35 ↑ +347%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $1,292.92 ↑ +389%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $1,387.89 ↑ +425%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $1,460.93 ↑ +452%

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Infuse radioactive materials at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $464.07 $367.47 – $1,491.02
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $264.58 $261.65 – $658.36
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $464.07 $367.47 – $1,491.02
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $264.58 $261.65 – $459.34
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $464.07 $367.47 – $1,491.02
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $464.07 $367.47 – $1,491.02
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $464.07 $350.64 – $3,258.69
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $276.13 – $276.13

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