Kidney imag w/bld flow multi 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

$744.00

Cash price

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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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$1,550.00

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.

$311.86 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,282.58 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $311.86 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $344.10 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $490.16 ↓ -34%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $517.32 ↓ -30%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $517.32 ↓ -30%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $531.60 ↓ -29%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $532.84 ↓ -28%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $535.55 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $546.38 ↓ -27%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $559.58 ↓ -25%
medicare medicare (u) $559.58 ↓ -25%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $581.25 ↓ -22%
medica medica medicare (u) $587.56 ↓ -21%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $587.56 ↓ -21%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $646.65 ↓ -13%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $688.20 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $846.92 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $847.51 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $937.75 ↑ +26%
health partners hpi (u m) $969.61 ↑ +30%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,037.26 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $1,085.00 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $1,147.00 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $1,151.03 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $1,201.71 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $1,201.71 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $1,240.00 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,264.80 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,302.00 ↑ +75%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,347.54 ↑ +81%
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) $1,550.00 ↑ +108%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $1,617.43 ↑ +117%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $1,717.14 ↑ +131%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $1,848.89 ↑ +149%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $2,020.04 ↑ +172%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $2,168.41 ↑ +191%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $2,282.58 ↑ +207%

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Kidney imag w/bld flow multi at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $2,884.80 $565.18 – $3,245.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $2,884.80 $565.18 – $3,245.40
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,294.05 $517.32 – $2,263.58
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $744.00 $517.32 – $1,347.54
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,294.05 $517.32 – $2,263.58
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $960.96 $531.60 – $2,812.25
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $744.00 $517.32 – $847.51
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,294.05 $517.32 – $2,263.58

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