Njx aa&/strd vagus nrv 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

$899.57

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.

$1,874.10

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.

$72.06 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $3,243.00 with aetna direct network — 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) $72.06 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $162.26 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $172.23 ↓ -81%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $185.43 ↓ -79%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $202.59 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $217.48 ↓ -76%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $228.93 ↓ -75%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $268.81 ↓ -70%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $292.45 ↓ -67%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $292.45 ↓ -67%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $293.70 ↓ -67%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $300.52 ↓ -67%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $301.22 ↓ -67%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $316.34 ↓ -65%
medicare medicare (u) $316.34 ↓ -65%
medica medica medicare (u) $332.16 ↓ -63%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $332.16 ↓ -63%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $365.56 ↓ -59%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $377.07 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $416.05 ↓ -54%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $468.00 ↓ -48%
health partners hpi (u m) $491.56 ↓ -45%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $739.02 ↓ -18%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $1,158.00 ↑ +29%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $1,210.00 ↑ +35%
medica medica essentials (u m) $1,210.00 ↑ +35%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,254.15 ↑ +39%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,273.00 ↑ +42%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $1,311.87 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $1,386.83 ↑ +54%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $1,499.28 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,574.24 ↑ +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) $1,874.10 ↑ +108%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $2,104.00 ↑ +134%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,255.00 ↑ +151%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $2,580.00 ↑ +187%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,243.00 ↑ +261%

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Njx aa&/strd vagus nrv at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $899.57 $72.06 – $3,243.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $899.57 $72.06 – $3,243.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $309.95 – $309.95
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $309.95 – $309.95
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $309.95 – $309.95
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $309.95 – $309.95
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $309.95 – $309.95
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $213.67 – $304.18

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