Outrigger 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

$96.96

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.

$202.00

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 $202.00 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%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $24.99 ↓ -74%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $40.64 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $44.84 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $56.29 ↓ -42%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $59.74 ↓ -38%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $60.11 ↓ -38%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $63.27 ↓ -35%
medicare medicare (u) $63.27 ↓ -35%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $64.24 ↓ -34%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $64.24 ↓ -34%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $64.32 ↓ -34%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $66.17 ↓ -32%
medica medica medicare (u) $66.43 ↓ -31%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $66.43 ↓ -31%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $70.27 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $71.20 ↓ -27%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $75.43 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $75.75 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $79.40 ↓ -18%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $80.30 ↓ -17%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $89.69 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $110.37 ↑ +14%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $135.18 ↑ +39%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $149.48 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $150.01 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $156.61 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $156.61 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $161.60 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $164.83 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $169.68 ↑ +75%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $169.68 ↑ +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) $202.00 ↑ +108%

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Outrigger at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $113.12 $35.90 – $149.06
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $96.96 $24.99 – $80.30
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $113.12 $35.90 – $149.06
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $82.82 $37.45 – $120.95
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $96.96 $24.99 – $80.30
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $113.12 $35.90 – $149.06
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $113.12 $35.90 – $149.06
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $113.12 $36.79 – $147.44

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