Red blood cells leukocytes reduced cmv negative irradiated each unit 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

$1,183.54

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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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$2,465.70

Gross charge

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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.

$202.94 with health partners vs $2,465.70 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

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
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $202.94 ↓ -83%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $221.73 ↓ -81%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $233.14 ↓ -80%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $245.41 ↓ -79%
medicare medicare (u) $245.41 ↓ -79%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $257.68 ↓ -78%
medica medica medicare (u) $257.68 ↓ -78%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $345.13 ↓ -71%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $496.10 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $547.39 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi (u m) $547.53 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $557.93 ↓ -53%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $658.67 ↓ -44%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $699.26 ↓ -41%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $752.92 ↓ -36%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $822.62 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $869.16 ↓ -27%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $883.03 ↓ -25%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $924.64 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $929.53 ↓ -21%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,094.77 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,347.26 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $1,491.75 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,650.05 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $1,725.99 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $1,824.62 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $1,831.03 ↑ +55%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $1,911.66 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $1,911.66 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $1,972.56 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $2,012.01 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $2,071.19 ↑ +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) $2,465.70 ↑ +108%

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced cmv negative irradiated each unit at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,454.43 $233.14 – $1,916.47
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,183.54 $221.73 – $557.93
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,454.43 $233.14 – $1,916.47
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $1,225.28 $233.14 – $1,789.32
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,183.54 $221.73 – $345.13
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,454.43 $233.14 – $1,758.23
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $1,454.43 $233.14 – $1,758.23
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $1,454.43 $233.14 – $1,626.49

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