Nerve conduction studies 5-6 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

$317.38

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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$661.20

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.

$133.03 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $779.57 with health partners — 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) $133.03 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $138.64 ↓ -56%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $146.79 ↓ -54%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $205.72 ↓ -35%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $205.72 ↓ -35%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $211.40 ↓ -33%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $211.89 ↓ -33%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $222.53 ↓ -30%
medicare medicare (u) $222.53 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $233.07 ↓ -27%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $233.66 ↓ -26%
medica medica medicare (u) $233.66 ↓ -26%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $247.95 ↓ -22%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $257.15 ↓ -19%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $283.57 ↓ -11%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $293.57 ↓ -8%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $309.83 ↓ -2%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $312.17 ↓ -2%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $331.33 ↑ +4%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $356.74 ↑ +12%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $361.28 ↑ +14%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $389.75 ↑ +23%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $418.40 ↑ +32%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $440.42 ↑ +39%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $442.48 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $462.84 ↑ +46%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $466.00 ↑ +47%
health partners hpi (u m) $484.08 ↑ +53%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $489.29 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $491.01 ↑ +55%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $512.63 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $512.63 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $528.96 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $539.54 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $555.41 ↑ +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) $661.20 ↑ +108%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $779.57 ↑ +146%

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Nerve conduction studies 5-6 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $864.00 $261.47 – $972.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,105.60 $326.96 – $1,243.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $627.20 $189.81 – $705.60
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $716.00 $226.44 – $805.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $981.60 $231.33 – $1,104.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,105.60 $326.96 – $1,243.80
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $317.38 $138.64 – $779.57
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $317.38 $138.64 – $466.00

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