Perflutren lipid microspheres 1.1 mg/ml intravenous suspension 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

$297.92

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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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$620.66

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 $175.90 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — same scan, same building. Share

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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%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $35.39 ↓ -88%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $39.05 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $42.63 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $48.11 ↓ -84%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $56.60 ↓ -81%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $57.81 ↓ -81%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $60.75 ↓ -80%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $62.00 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $63.95 ↓ -79%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $65.96 ↓ -78%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $67.97 ↓ -77%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $78.10 ↓ -74%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $96.11 ↓ -68%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $117.71 ↓ -60%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $126.14 ↓ -58%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $130.17 ↓ -56%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $131.70 ↓ -56%
medica medica essentials (u m) $131.70 ↓ -56%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $138.61 ↓ -53%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $140.72 ↓ -53%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $147.76 ↓ -50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $147.76 ↓ -50%
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) $175.90 ↓ -41%

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Perflutren lipid microspheres 1.1 mg/ml intravenous suspension at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $597.95 $78.08 – $290.25
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $177.36 $1.02 – $162.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $185.88 $79.81 – $209.12
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $185.88 $79.81 – $209.12
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $98.50 $42.63 – $129.80
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $297.92 $42.63 – $67.98
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $98.50 $42.63 – $129.80
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $185.47 $42.63 – $128.88

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