Injection epidural blood patch or clot at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$922.22
Cash price 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.
$1,921.30
Gross charge 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.
$260.65 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,733.71 with health partners — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $260.65 | ↓ -72% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $272.00 | ↓ -71% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $312.40 | ↓ -66% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $344.70 | ↓ -63% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $497.44 | ↓ -46% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $528.10 | ↓ -43% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $547.33 | ↓ -41% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $568.62 | ↓ -38% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $582.26 | ↓ -37% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $621.25 | ↓ -33% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $630.63 | ↓ -32% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $666.89 | ↓ -28% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $672.53 | ↓ -27% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $672.53 | ↓ -27% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $689.02 | ↓ -25% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $689.40 | ↓ -25% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $691.10 | ↓ -25% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $692.71 | ↓ -25% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $702.00 | ↓ -24% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $727.47 | ↓ -21% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $727.47 | ↓ -21% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $763.84 | ↓ -17% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $763.84 | ↓ -17% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $840.66 | ↓ -9% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $848.40 | ↓ -8% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,039.07 | ↑ +13% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $1,086.89 | ↑ +18% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $1,149.00 | ↑ +25% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $1,153.04 | ↑ +25% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $1,203.81 | ↑ +31% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $1,203.81 | ↑ +31% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $1,242.16 | ↑ +35% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $1,267.00 | ↑ +37% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $1,285.53 | ↑ +39% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,304.27 | ↑ +41% |
| 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) | $1,552.70 | ↑ +68% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $1,733.71 | ↑ +88% |
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Injection epidural blood patch or clot at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,546.40 | $498.90 – $1,739.70 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,452.80 | $509.68 – $1,634.40 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,593.60 | $684.25 – $1,792.80 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,593.60 | $684.25 – $1,792.80 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $545.33 | $287.23 – $3,572.45 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $922.22 | $260.65 – $3,243.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $545.33 | $287.23 – $3,572.45 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $374.36 | $219.26 – $864.90 |