Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$559.97

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.

$1,166.60

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.

$150.22 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,161.80 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) $150.22 ↓ -73%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $233.75 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $257.92 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $333.36 ↓ -40%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $342.82 ↓ -39%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $356.74 ↓ -36%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $356.74 ↓ -36%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $364.04 ↓ -35%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $364.23 ↓ -35%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $366.60 ↓ -35%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $367.44 ↓ -34%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $385.89 ↓ -31%
medicare medicare (u) $385.89 ↓ -31%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $391.97 ↓ -30%
medica medica medicare (u) $405.18 ↓ -28%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $405.18 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $409.53 ↓ -27%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $428.25 ↓ -24%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $435.67 ↓ -22%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $445.93 ↓ -20%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $459.73 ↓ -18%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $483.92 ↓ -14%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $515.84 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $634.81 ↑ +13%
health partners hpi (u m) $640.97 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $702.89 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $777.48 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $813.26 ↑ +45%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $859.73 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $862.75 ↑ +54%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $900.74 ↑ +61%
medica medica essentials (u m) $900.74 ↑ +61%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $916.46 ↑ +64%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $929.44 ↑ +66%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $948.03 ↑ +69%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $975.91 ↑ +74%
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) $1,161.80 ↑ +107%

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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,589.60 $266.56 – $1,788.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,766.40 $272.32 – $1,987.20
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $978.26 $174.24 – $1,289.03
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $559.97 $150.22 – $916.46
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $978.26 $174.24 – $1,289.03
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $559.97 $150.22 – $445.93
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $978.26 $174.24 – $1,182.60
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $978.26 $174.24 – $1,182.60

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