Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes 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

$43.10

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.

$89.80

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.

$13.98 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $89.80 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $13.98 ↓ -68%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $18.07 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $19.94 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $27.13 ↓ -37%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $29.64 ↓ -31%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $31.65 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $33.67 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $34.72 ↓ -19%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $35.70 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $35.70 ↓ -17%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $36.54 ↓ -15%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $36.77 ↓ -15%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $36.86 ↓ -14%
medicare medicare (u) $38.46 ↓ -11%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $38.46 ↓ -11%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $39.69 ↓ -8%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $39.87 ↓ -7%
medica medica medicare (u) $40.38 ↓ -6%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $40.38 ↓ -6%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $43.37 ↑ +1%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $44.63 ↑ +4%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $46.54 ↑ +8%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $49.00 ↑ +14%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $49.07 ↑ +14%
health partners hpi (u m) $59.57 ↑ +38%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $60.09 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $62.86 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $66.45 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $66.69 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $69.62 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $69.62 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $71.84 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $73.28 ↑ +70%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $74.58 ↑ +73%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $75.43 ↑ +75%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $89.00 ↑ +106%
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) $89.80 ↑ +108%

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Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $48.00 $14.53 – $54.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $38.40 $11.62 – $43.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $48.00 $20.71 – $54.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $50.40 $21.16 – $56.70
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $75.49 $17.26 – $112.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $43.10 $13.98 – $83.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $75.49 $17.26 – $112.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $43.10 $13.98 – $89.00

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