Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

$1,599.73

Cash price

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$3,332.78

Gross charge

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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 $51.00 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

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
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $0.01 ↓ -100%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $5.89 ↓ -100%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $6.82 ↓ -100%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $7.04 ↓ -100%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $7.04 ↓ -100%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $7.25 ↓ -100%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $8.80 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $9.04 ↓ -99%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $9.32 ↓ -99%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $9.81 ↓ -99%
medicare medicare (u) $9.81 ↓ -99%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $10.26 ↓ -99%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $10.30 ↓ -99%
medica medica medicare (u) $10.30 ↓ -99%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $11.01 ↓ -99%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $11.32 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $16.57 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $16.71 ↓ -99%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $17.98 ↓ -99%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $18.91 ↓ -99%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $19.13 ↓ -99%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $19.50 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $20.93 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $22.03 ↓ -99%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $22.64 ↓ -99%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $27.87 ↓ -98%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $34.13 ↓ -98%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $35.70 ↓ -98%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $36.57 ↓ -98%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $37.74 ↓ -98%
medica medica essentials (u m) $38.18 ↓ -98%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $38.18 ↓ -98%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $40.19 ↓ -97%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $40.80 ↓ -97%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $42.84 ↓ -97%
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) $51.00 ↓ -97%

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Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $286.71 $8.24 – $234.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $66.01 $8.24 – $74.26
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $219.17 $8.24 – $246.56
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $303.40 $8.24 – $341.33
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,546.48 $8.24 – $74.79
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,009.05 $5.66 – $291.36
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,618.79 $5.78 – $82.46
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $282.63 $8.24 – $317.95

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