MRI breast c- unilateral 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

$364.85

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.

$760.10

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.

$152.93 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,900.00 with united healthcare (um) — 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) $152.93 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $168.74 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $220.12 ↓ -40%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $227.33 ↓ -38%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $227.33 ↓ -38%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $233.60 ↓ -36%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $234.15 ↓ -36%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $240.50 ↓ -34%
medicare medicare (u) $245.90 ↓ -33%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $245.90 ↓ -33%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $258.19 ↓ -29%
medica medica medicare (u) $258.19 ↓ -29%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $267.94 ↓ -27%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $284.16 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $285.04 ↓ -22%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $415.32 ↑ +14%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $508.66 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $532.07 ↑ +46%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $561.27 ↑ +54%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $562.47 ↑ +54%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $605.14 ↑ +66%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $608.08 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $638.48 ↑ +75%
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) $760.10 ↑ +108%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $855.00 ↑ +134%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $860.00 ↑ +136%
medica medica essentials (u m) $898.00 ↑ +146%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $898.00 ↑ +146%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $945.00 ↑ +159%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $1,071.17 ↑ +194%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $1,137.20 ↑ +212%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $1,224.46 ↑ +236%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $1,337.79 ↑ +267%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $1,436.06 ↑ +294%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $1,511.67 ↑ +314%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $1,900.00 ↑ +421%

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MRI breast c- unilateral at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $924.39 $227.33 – $1,499.10
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $364.85 $220.12 – $605.14
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $924.39 $227.33 – $1,499.10
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $364.85 $220.12 – $561.27
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $924.39 $227.33 – $1,499.10
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $924.39 $227.33 – $1,499.10
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $924.39 $227.33 – $2,645.14
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $253.81 – $578.05

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