Protein total 24 hour urine 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

$26.83

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.

$55.90

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.

$3.42 with allina aetna medicare (u) vs $37.20 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
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $3.42 ↓ -87%
medicare medicare (u) $3.60 ↓ -87%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $3.60 ↓ -87%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $3.67 ↓ -86%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $3.67 ↓ -86%
medica medica medicare (u) $3.78 ↓ -86%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $3.78 ↓ -86%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $3.78 ↓ -86%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $4.59 ↓ -83%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $6.48 ↓ -76%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $7.48 ↓ -72%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $7.50 ↓ -72%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $8.26 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $8.46 ↓ -68%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $12.11 ↓ -55%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $13.11 ↓ -51%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $13.95 ↓ -48%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $16.52 ↓ -38%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $20.33 ↓ -24%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $21.01 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $22.30 ↓ -17%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $22.51 ↓ -16%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $24.01 ↓ -11%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $24.89 ↓ -7%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $26.04 ↓ -3%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $26.23 ↓ -2%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $27.53 ↑ +3%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $27.62 ↑ +3%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $28.17 ↑ +5%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $28.84 ↑ +7%
medica medica essentials (u m) $28.84 ↑ +7%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $29.64 ↑ +10%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $29.76 ↑ +11%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $30.36 ↑ +13%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $31.25 ↑ +16%
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) $37.20 ↑ +39%

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Protein total 24 hour urine at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $80.80 $11.86 – $44.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $93.60 $24.69 – $91.80
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $40.00 $7.99 – $29.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $32.00 $9.68 – $36.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $93.60 $24.69 – $91.80
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $37.60 $7.21 – $18.90
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $37.60 $7.21 – $18.90
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $30.91 $3.42 – $30.25

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