Prep skin to 100cm2 other 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

$2,304.72

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.

$4,801.50

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.

$272.00 with united healthcare (um) vs $4,801.50 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
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↓ -88%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $387.31 ↓ -83%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $387.31 ↓ -83%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $398.00 ↓ -83%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $398.93 ↓ -83%
medicare medicare (u) $418.95 ↓ -82%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $418.95 ↓ -82%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $439.90 ↓ -81%
medica medica medicare (u) $439.90 ↓ -81%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $484.14 ↓ -79%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $557.42 ↓ -76%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $609.04 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $811.46 ↓ -65%
health partners hpi (u m) $941.72 ↓ -59%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $966.06 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $1,065.93 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,532.45 ↓ -34%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $1,692.53 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $1,800.56 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $1,827.08 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $1,939.27 ↓ -16%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $2,087.99 ↓ -9%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $2,131.87 ↓ -7%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $2,281.21 ↓ -1%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $2,448.84 ↑ +6%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $2,577.72 ↑ +12%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $2,623.54 ↑ +14%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $3,213.16 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $3,361.05 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $3,553.11 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $3,565.59 ↑ +55%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $3,722.60 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $3,722.60 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $3,841.20 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $3,918.02 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $4,033.26 ↑ +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) $4,801.50 ↑ +108%

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Prep skin to 100cm2 other at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $3,104.80 $642.74 – $3,492.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $3,149.60 $453.09 – $3,543.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $3,104.80 $642.74 – $3,492.90
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $2,304.72 $387.31 – $1,532.45
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $2,304.72 $387.31 – $811.46
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $642.74 – $642.74
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $642.74 – $642.74
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $642.74 – $642.74

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