Pr incision & drainage abscess complicated/multiple 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

$522.53

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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$1,088.60

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.

$177.02 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,000.22 with health partners — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $177.02 ↓ -66%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $195.32 ↓ -63%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $241.61 ↓ -54%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↓ -48%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $310.13 ↓ -41%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $329.92 ↓ -37%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $363.82 ↓ -30%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $387.31 ↓ -26%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $387.31 ↓ -26%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $390.63 ↓ -25%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $397.51 ↓ -24%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $398.00 ↓ -24%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $398.93 ↓ -24%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $418.95 ↓ -20%
medicare medicare (u) $418.95 ↓ -20%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $439.90 ↓ -16%
medica medica medicare (u) $439.90 ↓ -16%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $480.72 ↓ -8%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $484.14 ↓ -7%
health partners hpi (u m) $501.47 ↓ -4%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $544.01 ↑ +4%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $577.41 ↑ +11%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $588.76 ↑ +13%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $615.86 ↑ +18%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $621.69 ↑ +19%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $651.05 ↑ +25%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $653.34 ↑ +25%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $679.22 ↑ +30%
medica medica essentials (u m) $682.11 ↑ +31%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $682.11 ↑ +31%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $703.84 ↑ +35%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $717.92 ↑ +37%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $729.13 ↑ +40%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $739.03 ↑ +41%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $767.50 ↑ +47%
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) $879.80 ↑ +68%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,000.22 ↑ +91%

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Pr incision & drainage abscess complicated/multiple at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $860.80 $260.50 – $968.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $746.40 $225.88 – $839.70
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $852.00 $257.84 – $958.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $852.00 $287.67 – $958.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $674.40 $293.89 – $758.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $746.40 $225.88 – $839.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $792.80 $340.41 – $891.90
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $792.80 $340.41 – $891.90

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