Pinworm exam 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

$30.82

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.

$64.20

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.

$3.97 with allina aetna medicare (u) vs $58.80 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
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $3.97 ↓ -87%
medicare medicare (u) $4.18 ↓ -86%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $4.18 ↓ -86%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $4.27 ↓ -86%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $4.27 ↓ -86%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $4.39 ↓ -86%
medica medica medicare (u) $4.39 ↓ -86%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $4.40 ↓ -86%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $5.34 ↓ -83%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $7.67 ↓ -75%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $8.86 ↓ -71%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $10.88 ↓ -65%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $11.83 ↓ -62%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $13.05 ↓ -58%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $14.31 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $20.73 ↓ -33%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $22.05 ↓ -28%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $26.11 ↓ -15%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $27.03 ↓ -12%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $28.69 ↓ -7%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $30.90 ↑ +0%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $32.13 ↑ +4%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $33.76 ↑ +10%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $35.57 ↑ +15%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $36.23 ↑ +18%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $38.13 ↑ +24%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $39.35 ↑ +28%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $41.16 ↑ +34%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $43.51 ↑ +41%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $43.66 ↑ +42%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $45.59 ↑ +48%
medica medica essentials (u m) $45.59 ↑ +48%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $47.04 ↑ +53%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $47.98 ↑ +56%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $49.39 ↑ +60%
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) $58.80 ↑ +91%

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Pinworm exam at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $82.40 $24.94 – $92.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $20.00 $6.05 – $22.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $82.40 $24.94 – $92.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $28.00 $12.02 – $31.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $28.00 $12.02 – $31.50
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $35.95 $3.97 – $38.93
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $30.82 $3.97 – $14.31
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $35.95 $3.97 – $38.93

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