Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump 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

$2,233.49

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$4,653.10

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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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$153.64 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $2,700.00 with medica health system — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $153.64 ↓ -93%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $272.00 ↓ -88%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $381.59 ↓ -83%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $405.09 ↓ -82%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $436.16 ↓ -80%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $476.56 ↓ -79%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $508.85 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $511.56 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $538.47 ↓ -76%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $561.46 ↓ -75%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $563.01 ↓ -75%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $597.67 ↓ -73%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $597.67 ↓ -73%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $614.17 ↓ -73%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $615.14 ↓ -72%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $615.60 ↓ -72%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $646.49 ↓ -71%
medicare medicare (u) $646.49 ↓ -71%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $678.81 ↓ -70%
medica medica medicare (u) $678.81 ↓ -70%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $747.09 ↓ -67%
health partners hpi (u m) $1,060.71 ↓ -53%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,324.00 ↓ -41%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,547.81 ↓ -31%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $1,557.52 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $1,656.94 ↓ -26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,692.47 ↓ -24%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $1,770.37 ↓ -21%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $1,871.53 ↓ -16%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $2,023.28 ↓ -9%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $2,124.44 ↓ -5%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $2,414.27 ↑ +8%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $2,457.00 ↑ +10%
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) $2,529.10 ↑ +13%
medica medica essentials (u m) $2,565.00 ↑ +15%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $2,565.00 ↑ +15%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $2,700.00 ↑ +21%

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Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,876.00 $567.72 – $2,110.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,679.20 $508.17 – $1,889.10
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,989.60 $453.20 – $2,238.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $2,084.80 $649.17 – $2,345.40
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $2,084.80 $649.17 – $2,345.40
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $2,233.49 $153.64 – $3,243.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $2,233.49 $153.64 – $3,243.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $649.17 – $649.17

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