Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$1,320.00
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.
$2,750.00
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.
$272.00 with united healthcare (um) vs $3,889.13 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.
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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| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $272.00 | ↓ -79% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $307.49 | ↓ -77% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $447.15 | ↓ -66% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $493.37 | ↓ -63% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $692.34 | ↓ -48% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $734.85 | ↓ -44% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $783.40 | ↓ -41% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $791.21 | ↓ -40% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $833.40 | ↓ -37% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $864.43 | ↓ -35% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $927.95 | ↓ -30% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $976.79 | ↓ -26% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $986.75 | ↓ -25% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $1,214.32 | ↓ -8% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $1,414.60 | ↑ +7% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,487.23 | ↑ +13% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $1,499.78 | ↑ +14% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $1,499.78 | ↑ +14% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $1,541.18 | ↑ +17% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $1,544.77 | ↑ +17% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $1,545.65 | ↑ +17% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $1,555.68 | ↑ +18% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $1,622.30 | ↑ +23% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $1,622.30 | ↑ +23% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $1,644.58 | ↑ +25% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $1,650.35 | ↑ +25% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $1,703.41 | ↑ +29% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $1,703.41 | ↑ +29% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $1,723.03 | ↑ +31% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $1,723.03 | ↑ +31% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $1,777.92 | ↑ +35% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $1,813.48 | ↑ +37% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,866.82 | ↑ +41% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $1,874.72 | ↑ +42% |
| 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) | $2,222.40 | ↑ +68% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $3,429.63 | ↑ +160% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $3,889.13 | ↑ +195% |
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Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $1,075.20 | $325.38 – $1,209.60 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $1,410.40 | $426.82 – $1,586.70 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $1,628.80 | $492.92 – $1,832.40 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,410.40 | $803.40 – $1,600.77 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,150.40 | $368.70 – $1,600.77 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $1,075.20 | $325.38 – $1,209.60 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,650.40 | $708.64 – $1,856.70 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,650.40 | $708.64 – $1,856.70 |