Matrion 1 sq cm 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

$164.16

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.

$342.00

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.

$32.59 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $162.00 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.

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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) $32.59 ↓ -80%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $35.96 ↓ -78%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $57.10 ↓ -65%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $60.75 ↓ -63%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $71.93 ↓ -56%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $87.90 ↓ -46%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $88.52 ↓ -46%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $99.20 ↓ -40%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $108.41 ↓ -34%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $116.17 ↓ -29%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $116.69 ↓ -29%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $119.19 ↓ -27%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $119.88 ↓ -27%
medica medica essentials (u m) $121.29 ↓ -26%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $121.29 ↓ -26%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $121.84 ↓ -26%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $125.26 ↓ -24%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $127.66 ↓ -22%
medicare medicare (u) $128.25 ↓ -22%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $128.25 ↓ -22%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $129.60 ↓ -21%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $130.73 ↓ -20%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $131.85 ↓ -20%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $134.66 ↓ -18%
medica medica medicare (u) $134.66 ↓ -18%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $136.08 ↓ -17%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $136.08 ↓ -17%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $140.15 ↓ -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) $162.00 ↓ -1%

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Matrion 1 sq cm at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $191.52 $87.90 – $148.91
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $164.16 $87.90 – $134.66
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $191.52 $87.90 – $148.91
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $164.16 $87.90 – $143.37
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $191.52 $87.90 – $148.91
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $191.52 $87.90 – $148.91
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $191.52 $68.55 – $223.89
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $1.02 – $1.02

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