Low-Dose Lung Cancer Screening CT Scan 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

$431.81

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.

$899.60

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.

$96.84 with health partners vs $1,379.00 with united healthcare (um) — 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
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $96.84 ↓ -78%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $99.61 ↓ -77%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $99.61 ↓ -77%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $101.94 ↓ -76%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $102.60 ↓ -76%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $105.81 ↓ -75%
medicare medicare (u) $107.31 ↓ -75%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $107.31 ↓ -75%
medica medica medicare (u) $112.68 ↓ -74%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $112.68 ↓ -74%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $124.51 ↓ -71%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $181.00 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $199.71 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $240.40 ↓ -44%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $266.23 ↓ -38%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $317.11 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $337.35 ↓ -22%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $491.54 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $541.29 ↑ +25%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $574.53 ↑ +33%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $602.01 ↑ +39%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $618.59 ↑ +43%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $629.72 ↑ +46%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $654.00 ↑ +51%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $665.70 ↑ +54%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $675.83 ↑ +57%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $719.68 ↑ +67%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $725.49 ↑ +68%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $755.66 ↑ +75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $763.67 ↑ +77%
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) $899.60 ↑ +108%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $943.00 ↑ +118%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $984.00 ↑ +128%
medica medica essentials (u m) $984.00 ↑ +128%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,036.00 ↑ +140%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $1,379.00 ↑ +219%

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Low-Dose Lung Cancer Screening CT Scan at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $542.40 $111.66 – $610.20
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $476.00 $111.66 – $535.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,102.40 $79.32 – $1,240.20
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $2,896.36 $81.04 – $3,258.41
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $481.60 $111.66 – $541.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $481.60 $111.66 – $541.80
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $912.46 $99.61 – $1,202.33
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $431.81 $99.61 – $266.23

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