Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycoplasma pneumoniae 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

$171.41

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.

$357.10

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.

$16.78 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $295.20 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $16.78 ↓ -90%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $32.67 ↓ -81%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $34.39 ↓ -80%
medicare medicare (u) $34.39 ↓ -80%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $35.06 ↓ -80%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $35.06 ↓ -80%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $36.11 ↓ -79%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $36.11 ↓ -79%
medica medica medicare (u) $36.11 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $41.67 ↓ -76%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $43.83 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $44.23 ↓ -74%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $47.62 ↓ -72%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $52.04 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $55.86 ↓ -67%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $58.80 ↓ -66%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $59.39 ↓ -65%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $63.07 ↓ -63%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $65.53 ↓ -62%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $72.92 ↓ -57%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $104.06 ↓ -39%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $110.70 ↓ -35%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $117.78 ↓ -31%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $131.07 ↓ -24%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $161.30 ↓ -6%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $178.60 ↑ +4%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $197.55 ↑ +15%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $206.64 ↑ +21%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $218.45 ↑ +27%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $219.22 ↑ +28%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $228.87 ↑ +34%
medica medica essentials (u m) $228.87 ↑ +34%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $236.16 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $240.88 ↑ +41%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $247.97 ↑ +45%
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) $295.20 ↑ +72%

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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycoplasma pneumoniae at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $206.40 $62.46 – $232.20
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $288.80 $88.62 – $232.20
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $288.80 $88.62 – $232.20
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $165.31 $20.71 – $211.56
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $171.41 $16.78 – $117.78
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $165.31 $20.71 – $211.56
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $201.77 $26.98 – $260.71
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $171.41 $16.78 – $63.07

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