Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$146.45
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.
$305.10
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.
$48.67 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $391.68 with health partners — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $48.67 | ↓ -67% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $53.70 | ↓ -63% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $85.27 | ↓ -42% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $90.71 | ↓ -38% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $96.84 | ↓ -34% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $107.40 | ↓ -27% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $132.17 | ↓ -10% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $142.47 | ↓ -3% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $146.35 | ↓ -0% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $155.66 | ↑ +6% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $161.88 | ↑ +11% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $169.33 | ↑ +16% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $179.01 | ↑ +22% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $179.63 | ↑ +23% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $187.55 | ↑ +28% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $187.55 | ↑ +28% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $193.52 | ↑ +32% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $197.39 | ↑ +35% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $203.20 | ↑ +39% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $205.72 | ↑ +40% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $205.72 | ↑ +40% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $211.40 | ↑ +44% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $211.89 | ↑ +45% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $222.53 | ↑ +52% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $222.53 | ↑ +52% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $233.66 | ↑ +60% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $233.66 | ↑ +60% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $240.51 | ↑ +64% |
| 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) | $241.90 | ↑ +65% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $255.32 | ↑ +74% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $257.15 | ↑ +76% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $274.91 | ↑ +88% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $285.04 | ↑ +95% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $300.36 | ↑ +105% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $322.43 | ↑ +120% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $339.39 | ↑ +132% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $391.68 | ↑ +167% |
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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $358.40 | $108.46 – $403.20 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $277.60 | $84.01 – $312.30 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $312.00 | $94.42 – $351.00 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $279.20 | $78.68 – $292.50 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $312.00 | $112.68 – $351.00 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $188.80 | $91.50 – $212.40 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $277.60 | $84.01 – $312.30 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $204.80 | $87.94 – $230.40 |