Paclitaxel 6 mg/ml concentrate,intravenous 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

$405.94

Cash price

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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.

$845.70

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 $237.16 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) $0.13 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $0.15 ↓ -100%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $0.17 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $0.18 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $0.19 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $0.20 ↓ -100%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $0.21 ↓ -100%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $47.72 ↓ -88%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $52.65 ↓ -87%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $83.60 ↓ -79%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $88.94 ↓ -78%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $105.30 ↓ -74%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $129.58 ↓ -68%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $158.71 ↓ -61%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $166.01 ↓ -59%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $170.07 ↓ -58%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $175.50 ↓ -57%
medica medica essentials (u m) $177.56 ↓ -56%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $177.56 ↓ -56%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $186.88 ↓ -54%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $189.73 ↓ -53%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $199.21 ↓ -51%
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) $237.16 ↓ -42%

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Paclitaxel 6 mg/ml concentrate,intravenous at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $678.17 $205.23 – $762.94
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $448.24 $1.00 – $249.89
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $338.78 $122.50 – $320.95
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $338.78 $122.50 – $320.95
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $473.59 $0.13 – $0.23
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $405.94 $0.13 – $0.17
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $473.59 $0.13 – $0.23
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $172.39 $0.13 – $142.85

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