Plcmnt biliary drainage cath w/img ext at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$3,449.04
Cash price 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.
$7,185.50
Gross charge 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.
$618.84 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $9,949.00 with united healthcare (um) — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $618.84 | ↓ -82% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $1,181.03 | ↓ -66% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $1,253.84 | ↓ -64% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $1,350.04 | ↓ -61% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $1,445.72 | ↓ -58% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $1,475.01 | ↓ -57% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $1,583.35 | ↓ -54% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $1,595.18 | ↓ -54% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $1,666.71 | ↓ -52% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $2,369.00 | ↓ -31% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $2,456.00 | ↓ -29% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $2,626.00 | ↓ -24% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $3,213.65 | ↓ -7% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $3,411.25 | ↓ -1% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $3,411.25 | ↓ -1% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $3,505.41 | ↑ +2% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $3,511.35 | ↑ +2% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $3,513.59 | ↑ +2% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $3,689.91 | ↑ +7% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $3,689.91 | ↑ +7% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $3,784.00 | ↑ +10% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $3,874.41 | ↑ +12% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $3,874.41 | ↑ +12% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $4,264.06 | ↑ +24% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $4,808.54 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $5,029.85 | ↑ +46% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $5,317.27 | ↑ +54% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $5,640.00 | ↑ +64% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $5,748.40 | ↑ +67% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $5,889.00 | ↑ +71% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $5,889.00 | ↑ +71% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $6,035.82 | ↑ +75% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $6,198.00 | ↑ +80% |
| 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) | $7,185.50 | ↑ +108% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $7,800.67 | ↑ +126% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $8,835.21 | ↑ +156% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $9,949.00 | ↑ +188% |
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Plcmnt biliary drainage cath w/img ext at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $6,949.60 | $2,495.91 – $7,818.30 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $2,210.04 | $681.96 – $7,359.62 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $3,449.04 | $618.84 – $8,835.21 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $2,210.04 | $681.96 – $7,359.62 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $3,449.04 | $618.84 – $5,889.00 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $2,210.04 | $681.96 – $7,359.62 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $2,210.04 | $681.96 – $7,359.62 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $2,210.04 | $667.11 – $3,689.91 |