Pul art balloon repr percut 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

$5,537.28

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.

$11,536.00

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.

$2,321.04 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $28,391.74 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) $2,321.04 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $2,560.99 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $4,066.44 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $4,326.00 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $5,121.98 ↓ -8%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $5,355.39 ↓ -3%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $6,303.27 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $6,979.28 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $7,719.89 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $8,075.20 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $8,536.64 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $8,566.63 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $8,943.86 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $8,943.86 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $9,228.80 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $9,413.38 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $9,690.24 ↑ +75%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $10,327.00 ↑ +86%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $10,998.79 ↑ +99%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $10,998.79 ↑ +99%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $11,283.65 ↑ +104%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $11,289.47 ↑ +104%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $11,328.75 ↑ +105%
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) $11,536.00 ↑ +108%
medicare medicare (u) $11,883.65 ↑ +115%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $11,883.65 ↑ +115%
medica medica medicare (u) $12,477.83 ↑ +125%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $12,477.83 ↑ +125%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $13,300.95 ↑ +140%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $13,748.49 ↑ +148%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $14,120.39 ↑ +155%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $15,203.31 ↑ +175%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $16,611.06 ↑ +200%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $17,831.13 ↑ +222%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $18,769.54 ↑ +239%
health partners hpi (u m) $25,151.51 ↑ +354%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $28,391.74 ↑ +413%

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Pul art balloon repr percut at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $5,537.28 $5,355.39 – $28,391.74
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $5,537.28 $5,355.39 – $13,748.49
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $11,907.60 – $11,907.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $11,907.60 – $11,907.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $11,907.60 – $11,907.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $11,907.60 – $11,907.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $11,907.60 – $11,907.60
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $7,936.59 – $11,686.12

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