Insert tunneled cv cath 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

$5,058.91

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.

$10,539.40

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.

$1,583.32 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $13,533.48 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.

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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) $1,583.32 ↓ -69%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $2,120.53 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $2,339.75 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $3,932.41 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $4,003.00 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $4,174.68 ↓ -17%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $4,494.84 ↓ -11%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $4,693.00 ↓ -7%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $4,911.04 ↓ -3%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $4,922.56 ↓ -3%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $5,021.00 ↓ -1%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $5,271.74 ↑ +4%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $5,301.59 ↑ +5%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $5,301.59 ↑ +5%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $5,378.57 ↑ +6%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $5,447.95 ↑ +8%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $5,460.64 ↑ +8%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $5,549.19 ↑ +10%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $5,734.68 ↑ +13%
medicare medicare (u) $5,734.68 ↑ +13%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $6,021.41 ↑ +19%
medica medica medicare (u) $6,021.41 ↑ +19%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $6,626.99 ↑ +31%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $7,052.97 ↑ +39%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $7,233.00 ↑ +43%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $7,377.58 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $7,799.16 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $8,404.00 ↑ +66%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $8,431.52 ↑ +67%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $8,774.00 ↑ +73%
medica medica essentials (u m) $8,774.00 ↑ +73%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $8,853.10 ↑ +75%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $9,235.00 ↑ +83%
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) $10,539.40 ↑ +108%
health partners hpi (u m) $12,123.43 ↑ +140%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $13,295.00 ↑ +163%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $13,533.48 ↑ +168%

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Insert tunneled cv cath at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $5,058.91 $1,583.32 – $13,533.48
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $5,058.91 $1,583.32 – $8,774.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $5,675.99 – $5,675.99
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $5,675.99 – $5,675.99
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $5,675.99 – $5,675.99
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $5,675.99 – $5,675.99
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $5,675.99 – $5,675.99
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $3,964.52 – $5,570.41

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