Measure kidney pressure 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

$964.37

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.

$2,009.10

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.

$269.44 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,789.40 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) $269.44 ↓ -72%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $360.03 ↓ -63%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $397.25 ↓ -59%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $503.00 ↓ -48%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $607.82 ↓ -37%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $622.00 ↓ -36%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $630.76 ↓ -35%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $649.00 ↓ -33%
medica medica essentials (u m) $649.00 ↓ -33%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $664.12 ↓ -31%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $664.35 ↓ -31%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $664.35 ↓ -31%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $669.21 ↓ -31%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $671.03 ↓ -30%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $682.69 ↓ -29%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $683.00 ↓ -29%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $684.28 ↓ -29%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $710.43 ↓ -26%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $718.62 ↓ -25%
medicare medicare (u) $718.62 ↓ -25%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $754.55 ↓ -22%
medica medica medicare (u) $754.55 ↓ -22%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $764.93 ↓ -21%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $830.44 ↓ -14%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $835.75 ↓ -13%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $897.13 ↓ -7%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $944.35 ↓ -2%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $977.73 ↑ +1%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $1,082.59 ↑ +12%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,197.47 ↑ +24%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $1,252.58 ↑ +30%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $1,324.16 ↑ +37%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $1,431.52 ↑ +48%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,503.10 ↑ +56%
health partners hpi (u m) $1,519.21 ↑ +58%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,671.05 ↑ +73%
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) $1,789.40 ↑ +86%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,364.66 $271.00 – $1,798.18
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $964.37 $269.44 – $3,243.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,364.66 $271.00 – $1,798.18
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $964.37 $269.44 – $3,243.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,364.66 $271.00 – $1,671.05
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $1,364.66 $271.00 – $1,671.05
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $1,364.66 $425.54 – $2,106.42
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $700.84 – $700.84

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