Pr incision & drainage abscess vulva/perineal 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

$655.82

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.

$1,366.30

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.

$124.50 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,366.30 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) $124.50 ↓ -81%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↓ -59%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $274.90 ↓ -58%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $277.01 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $280.34 ↓ -57%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $290.33 ↓ -56%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $290.33 ↓ -56%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $297.55 ↓ -55%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $298.35 ↓ -55%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $299.04 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $302.65 ↓ -54%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $303.32 ↓ -54%
medicare medicare (u) $314.05 ↓ -52%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $314.05 ↓ -52%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $320.37 ↓ -51%
medica medica medicare (u) $329.75 ↓ -50%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $329.75 ↓ -50%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $350.02 ↓ -47%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $362.91 ↓ -45%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $375.73 ↓ -43%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $395.51 ↓ -40%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $481.62 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $512.36 ↓ -22%
health partners hpi (u m) $551.19 ↓ -16%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $606.64 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $746.55 ↑ +14%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $761.54 ↑ +16%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $914.33 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $956.41 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $1,011.06 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $1,014.61 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $1,059.29 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $1,059.29 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $1,093.04 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,114.90 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,147.69 ↑ +75%
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) $1,366.30 ↑ +108%

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Pr incision & drainage abscess vulva/perineal at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $586.40 $177.46 – $659.70
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $603.20 $182.54 – $678.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $710.40 $214.98 – $799.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $484.00 $146.47 – $544.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $603.20 $231.44 – $678.60
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $528.80 $236.44 – $594.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $586.40 $177.46 – $659.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $780.00 $319.40 – $877.50

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