MRA pelvis w IV cont 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

$1,368.19

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.

$2,850.40

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.

$325.21 with health partners vs $2,850.40 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
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $325.21 ↓ -76%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $341.56 ↓ -75%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $350.73 ↓ -74%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $350.73 ↓ -74%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $355.32 ↓ -74%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $359.54 ↓ -74%
medicare medicare (u) $359.54 ↓ -74%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $361.25 ↓ -74%
medica medica medicare (u) $377.52 ↓ -72%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $377.52 ↓ -72%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $438.41 ↓ -68%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $573.50 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $632.79 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $784.36 ↓ -43%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $855.00 ↓ -38%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $860.00 ↓ -37%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $894.08 ↓ -35%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $898.00 ↓ -34%
medica medica essentials (u m) $898.00 ↓ -34%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $945.00 ↓ -31%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $958.00 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $1,026.00 ↓ -25%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,474.00 ↑ +8%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $1,766.06 ↑ +29%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $1,874.49 ↑ +37%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $1,900.00 ↑ +39%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,907.49 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $1,995.28 ↑ +46%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $2,018.25 ↑ +48%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $2,109.30 ↑ +54%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $2,205.02 ↑ +61%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $2,280.32 ↑ +67%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $2,367.04 ↑ +73%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $2,394.34 ↑ +75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $2,491.62 ↑ +82%
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) $2,850.40 ↑ +108%

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MRA pelvis w IV cont at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,930.49 $341.56 – $2,614.94
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,368.19 $325.21 – $1,474.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,930.49 $341.56 – $2,614.94
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $3,027.75 $341.56 – $4,421.54
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,368.19 $325.21 – $1,474.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,930.49 $341.56 – $2,614.94
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $1,930.49 $341.56 – $2,614.94
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $1,930.49 $341.56 – $4,626.62

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