Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$66.00
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.
$137.50
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.
$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $45.75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $0.50 | ↓ -99% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $0.56 | ↓ -99% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $0.66 | ↓ -99% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $0.67 | ↓ -99% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $0.71 | ↓ -99% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $0.75 | ↓ -99% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $0.79 | ↓ -99% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $9.20 | ↓ -86% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $10.16 | ↓ -85% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $16.13 | ↓ -76% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $17.16 | ↓ -74% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $20.31 | ↓ -69% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $25.00 | ↓ -62% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $30.62 | ↓ -54% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $32.02 | ↓ -51% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $32.81 | ↓ -50% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $33.85 | ↓ -49% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $34.25 | ↓ -48% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $34.25 | ↓ -48% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $36.05 | ↓ -45% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $36.60 | ↓ -45% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $38.43 | ↓ -42% |
| 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) | $45.75 | ↓ -31% |
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Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $106.42 | $18.23 – $67.76 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $132.22 | $18.29 – $67.99 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $54.36 | $14.69 – $54.60 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $180.45 | $7.39 – $27.46 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $128.80 | $18.29 – $67.98 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $57.00 | $1.02 – $2.93 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $130.26 | $1.00 – $67.96 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $71.07 | $18.29 – $67.98 |