Insertion of catheter vein at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$822.38
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.
$1,713.30
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.
$272.00 with united healthcare (um) vs $1,384.60 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.
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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| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $272.00 | ↓ -67% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $278.58 | ↓ -66% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $307.38 | ↓ -63% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $423.75 | ↓ -48% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $468.00 | ↓ -43% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $488.07 | ↓ -41% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $519.22 | ↓ -37% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $756.55 | ↓ -8% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $808.72 | ↓ -2% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $858.57 | ↑ +4% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $924.45 | ↑ +12% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $926.57 | ↑ +13% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $969.22 | ↑ +18% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $1,010.02 | ↑ +23% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $1,024.60 | ↑ +25% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $1,028.20 | ↑ +25% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $1,073.48 | ↑ +31% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $1,073.48 | ↑ +31% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $1,084.20 | ↑ +32% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $1,107.68 | ↑ +35% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $1,129.83 | ↑ +37% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $1,141.29 | ↑ +39% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,163.06 | ↑ +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) | $1,384.60 | ↑ +68% |
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Insertion of catheter vein at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $391.61 | $366.85 – $1,131.79 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $822.38 | $423.75 – $3,243.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $391.61 | $366.85 – $1,131.79 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $822.38 | $423.75 – $3,243.00 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $391.61 | $366.85 – $1,131.79 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $391.61 | $366.85 – $1,131.79 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $391.61 | $229.29 – $1,997.04 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | not published | $1.02 – $168.06 |