Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac 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

$1,534.22

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.

$3,196.30

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.

$109.53 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $4,301.00 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) $109.53 ↓ -93%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $120.86 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $204.68 ↓ -87%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $364.31 ↓ -76%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $381.08 ↓ -75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $390.63 ↓ -75%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $402.86 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $414.70 ↓ -73%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $435.52 ↓ -72%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $446.53 ↓ -71%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $457.30 ↓ -70%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $487.86 ↓ -68%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $523.69 ↓ -66%
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) $544.40 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $551.27 ↓ -64%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $810.73 ↓ -47%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $842.69 ↓ -45%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $842.69 ↓ -45%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $865.95 ↓ -44%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $867.97 ↓ -43%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $885.79 ↓ -42%
medicare medicare (u) $911.53 ↓ -41%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $911.53 ↓ -41%
medica medica medicare (u) $957.11 ↓ -38%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $957.11 ↓ -38%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $1,053.36 ↓ -31%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,324.00 ↓ -14%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $2,104.00 ↑ +37%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $2,228.83 ↑ +45%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,255.00 ↑ +47%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $2,457.00 ↑ +60%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $2,565.00 ↑ +67%
medica medica essentials (u m) $2,565.00 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $2,700.00 ↑ +76%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,243.00 ↑ +111%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $4,301.00 ↑ +180%

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Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $642.15 $225.56 – $3,572.45
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,534.22 $204.68 – $3,243.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $642.15 $225.56 – $3,572.45
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $1,492.79 $124.58 – $911.53
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,534.22 $204.68 – $3,243.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $642.15 $225.56 – $3,760.50
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $642.15 $225.56 – $3,572.45
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $642.15 $144.24 – $964.61

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