Orthovisc inj per dose 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

$783.04

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.

$1,631.33

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $1,631.33 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
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $0.01 ↓ -100%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $105.70 ↓ -87%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $111.26 ↓ -86%
medicare medicare (u) $111.26 ↓ -86%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $114.62 ↓ -85%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $114.62 ↓ -85%
medica medica medicare (u) $116.82 ↓ -85%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $116.82 ↓ -85%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $118.06 ↓ -85%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $127.56 ↓ -84%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $143.28 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $143.95 ↓ -82%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $169.33 ↓ -78%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $172.95 ↓ -78%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $181.76 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $191.33 ↓ -76%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $196.87 ↓ -75%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $203.37 ↓ -74%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $227.62 ↓ -71%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $328.22 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $362.16 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $367.65 ↓ -53%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $575.04 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $611.75 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $724.31 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $891.36 ↑ +14%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,091.69 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $1,141.93 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $1,169.83 ↑ +49%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $1,207.18 ↑ +54%
medica medica essentials (u m) $1,221.38 ↑ +56%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $1,221.38 ↑ +56%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,285.49 ↑ +64%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $1,305.06 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,370.32 ↑ +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) $1,631.33 ↑ +108%

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Orthovisc inj per dose at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $783.04 $105.70 – $367.65
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $783.04 $105.70 – $196.87
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $108.81 – $120.26
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $108.81 – $120.26

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