Interdiscal perq aspir dx 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

$2,731.10

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.

$5,689.80

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.

$363.79 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $5,689.80 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $363.79 ↓ -87%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $640.71 ↓ -77%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $674.68 ↓ -75%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $674.68 ↓ -75%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $693.30 ↓ -75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $694.28 ↓ -75%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $694.92 ↓ -75%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $700.04 ↓ -74%
medicare medicare (u) $729.79 ↓ -73%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $729.79 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $737.07 ↓ -73%
medica medica medicare (u) $766.28 ↓ -72%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $766.28 ↓ -72%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $793.63 ↓ -71%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $843.35 ↓ -69%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $867.09 ↓ -68%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $930.78 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $979.78 ↓ -64%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $1,144.79 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $1,263.14 ↓ -54%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,324.00 ↓ -52%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,761.42 ↓ -36%
health partners hpi (u m) $2,069.40 ↓ -24%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $2,104.00 ↓ -23%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,255.00 ↓ -17%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $2,457.00 ↓ -10%
medica medica essentials (u m) $2,565.00 ↓ -6%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $2,565.00 ↓ -6%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $2,700.00 ↓ -1%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,243.00 ↑ +19%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $3,807.61 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $3,982.86 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $4,210.45 ↑ +54%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $4,301.00 ↑ +57%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $4,551.84 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $4,779.43 ↑ +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) $5,689.80 ↑ +108%

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Interdiscal perq aspir dx at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,496.00 $507.57 – $1,683.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $2,731.10 $363.79 – $3,243.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $2,731.10 $363.79 – $3,243.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $738.77 – $738.77
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $738.77 – $738.77
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $738.77 – $738.77
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $738.77 – $738.77
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $738.77 – $738.77

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