Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid other peripheral nerve/branch (both sides) 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

$1,313.42

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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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$2,736.30

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.

$472.92 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $472.92 ↓ -64%
health partners hpi (u m) $491.56 ↓ -63%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $521.81 ↓ -60%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $630.63 ↓ -52%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $672.53 ↓ -49%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $672.53 ↓ -49%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $689.02 ↓ -48%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $691.10 ↓ -47%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $692.71 ↓ -47%
medicare medicare (u) $727.47 ↓ -45%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $727.47 ↓ -45%
medica medica medicare (u) $763.84 ↓ -42%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $763.84 ↓ -42%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $840.66 ↓ -36%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $1,022.80 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,324.00 ↑ +1%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,572.95 ↑ +20%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $1,645.35 ↑ +25%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,733.71 ↑ +32%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $1,739.37 ↑ +32%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $1,880.40 ↑ +43%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,974.42 ↑ +50%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $2,104.00 ↑ +60%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,255.00 ↑ +72%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $2,302.95 ↑ +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) $2,350.50 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $2,444.36 ↑ +86%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $2,457.00 ↑ +87%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $2,565.00 ↑ +95%
medica medica essentials (u m) $2,565.00 ↑ +95%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $2,631.80 ↑ +100%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $2,700.00 ↑ +106%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $2,875.35 ↑ +119%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $3,086.65 ↑ +135%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,243.00 ↑ +147%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $3,249.09 ↑ +147%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $4,301.00 ↑ +227%

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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid other peripheral nerve/branch (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,210.40 $366.30 – $1,361.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,168.80 $353.71 – $1,314.90
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,194.40 $361.46 – $1,343.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,020.80 $308.92 – $1,148.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,337.60 $498.90 – $1,504.80
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $914.40 $443.14 – $1,028.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,168.80 $353.71 – $1,314.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,198.40 $514.56 – $1,348.20

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