Inj nephrosto/ureterogram w/img exstng access 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

$672.58

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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.

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$1,401.20

Gross charge

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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.

$67.34 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $4,301.00 with united healthcare (um) — 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) $67.34 ↓ -90%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $151.62 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $160.93 ↓ -76%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $173.27 ↓ -74%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $189.31 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $203.21 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $213.91 ↓ -68%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $281.92 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $311.07 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $607.81 ↓ -10%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $664.09 ↓ -1%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $664.35 ↓ -1%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $664.35 ↓ -1%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $682.69 ↑ +2%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $684.28 ↑ +2%
medicare medicare (u) $718.62 ↑ +7%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $718.62 ↑ +7%
medica medica medicare (u) $754.55 ↑ +12%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $754.55 ↑ +12%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $830.44 ↑ +23%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $937.68 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $980.84 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $1,036.89 ↑ +54%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $1,120.96 ↑ +67%
health partners hpi (u m) $1,152.21 ↑ +71%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,177.01 ↑ +75%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,324.00 ↑ +97%
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) $1,401.20 ↑ +108%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,670.99 ↑ +148%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $2,104.00 ↑ +213%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,255.00 ↑ +235%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $2,457.00 ↑ +265%
medica medica essentials (u m) $2,565.00 ↑ +281%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $2,565.00 ↑ +281%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $2,700.00 ↑ +301%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,243.00 ↑ +382%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $4,301.00 ↑ +539%

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Inj nephrosto/ureterogram w/img exstng access at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,993.60 $492.81 – $2,242.80
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $446.32 $96.71 – $3,572.45
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $672.58 $67.34 – $3,243.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $446.32 $96.71 – $3,572.45
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $448.50 $100.90 – $718.62
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $672.58 $67.34 – $3,243.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $446.32 $96.71 – $3,760.50
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $446.32 $96.71 – $3,572.45

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