Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta 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

$15,642.34

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.

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$32,588.20

Gross charge

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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.

$4,003.00 with medica dual solutions (a u) vs $53,726.00 with aetna direct network — 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
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $4,003.00 ↓ -74%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $5,191.94 ↓ -67%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $5,422.67 ↓ -65%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $5,422.67 ↓ -65%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $5,572.37 ↓ -64%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $5,585.35 ↓ -64%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $5,672.90 ↓ -64%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $5,865.65 ↓ -63%
medicare medicare (u) $5,865.65 ↓ -63%
medica medica medicare (u) $6,158.93 ↓ -61%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $6,158.93 ↓ -61%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $6,556.75 ↓ -58%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $6,778.34 ↓ -57%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $7,005.20 ↓ -55%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $7,234.58 ↓ -54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $8,404.00 ↓ -46%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $8,774.00 ↓ -44%
medica medica essentials (u m) $8,774.00 ↓ -44%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $9,235.00 ↓ -41%
health partners hpi (u m) $12,400.31 ↓ -21%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $13,295.00 ↓ -15%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $14,274.06 ↓ -9%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $17,398.52 ↑ +11%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $18,470.39 ↑ +18%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $19,886.93 ↑ +27%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $21,728.35 ↑ +39%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $21,808.02 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $22,811.74 ↑ +46%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $23,324.27 ↑ +49%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $24,115.27 ↑ +54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $24,551.78 ↑ +57%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $26,070.56 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $27,374.09 ↑ +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) $32,588.20 ↑ +108%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $34,862.00 ↑ +123%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $37,679.00 ↑ +141%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $53,726.00 ↑ +243%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $13,980.00 $4,123.47 – $15,727.50
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $15,642.34 $4,003.00 – $14,274.06
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $15,642.34 $4,003.00 – $8,774.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $5,986.60 – $5,986.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $5,986.60 – $5,986.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $5,986.60 – $5,986.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $5,986.60 – $5,986.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $5,986.60 – $5,986.60

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