Inj octafluoropropane mic,ml 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

$76.37

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.

$159.10

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.

$32.01 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $159.10 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $32.01 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $35.32 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $42.63 ↓ -44%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $48.11 ↓ -37%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $56.08 ↓ -27%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $56.60 ↓ -26%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $57.81 ↓ -24%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $59.66 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $60.75 ↓ -20%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $63.95 ↓ -16%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $67.97 ↓ -11%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $67.98 ↓ -11%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $70.64 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $86.93 ↑ +14%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $106.47 ↑ +39%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $114.09 ↑ +49%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $117.73 ↑ +54%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $119.12 ↑ +56%
medica medica essentials (u m) $119.12 ↑ +56%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $125.37 ↑ +64%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $127.28 ↑ +67%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $133.64 ↑ +75%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $133.64 ↑ +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) $159.10 ↑ +108%

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Inj octafluoropropane mic,ml at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $205.59 $62.21 – $231.28
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $196.00 $59.31 – $220.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $123.20 $1.00 – $135.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $191.20 $57.86 – $215.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $367.01 $157.58 – $412.88
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $367.01 $157.58 – $412.88
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $89.10 $42.63 – $117.40
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $76.37 $42.63 – $67.98

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