Iron at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$25.73
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.
$53.60
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.
$6.02 with allina aetna medicare (u) vs $33.60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $6.02 | ↓ -77% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $6.34 | ↓ -75% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $6.34 | ↓ -75% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $6.46 | ↓ -75% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $6.46 | ↓ -75% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $6.65 | ↓ -74% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $6.66 | ↓ -74% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $6.66 | ↓ -74% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $6.76 | ↓ -74% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $7.46 | ↓ -71% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $8.07 | ↓ -69% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $8.46 | ↓ -67% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $11.79 | ↓ -54% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $11.84 | ↓ -54% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $12.60 | ↓ -51% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $13.63 | ↓ -47% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $14.92 | ↓ -42% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $18.36 | ↓ -29% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $20.33 | ↓ -21% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $21.01 | ↓ -18% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $22.01 | ↓ -14% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $22.30 | ↓ -13% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $22.49 | ↓ -13% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $23.52 | ↓ -9% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $24.01 | ↓ -7% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $24.86 | ↓ -3% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $24.95 | ↓ -3% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $26.05 | ↑ +1% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $26.05 | ↑ +1% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $26.23 | ↑ +2% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $26.88 | ↑ +4% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $27.42 | ↑ +7% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $28.17 | ↑ +9% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $28.22 | ↑ +10% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $29.64 | ↑ +15% |
| 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) | $33.60 | ↑ +31% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $84.00 | $25.42 – $94.50 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $74.40 | $22.52 – $83.70 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $60.80 | $18.40 – $68.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $33.60 | $10.17 – $37.80 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $74.40 | $22.52 – $83.70 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $92.80 | $26.45 – $69.30 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $92.80 | $26.45 – $69.30 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $23.52 | $6.02 – $30.25 |