Replace socket above knee 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

$6,476.78

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.

$13,493.30

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (um) vs $13,493.30 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
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $1,821.31 ↓ -72%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $2,714.85 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $2,995.51 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $4,100.87 ↓ -37%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $4,352.67 ↓ -33%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $4,380.19 ↓ -32%
medicare medicare (u) $4,610.73 ↓ -29%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $4,610.73 ↓ -29%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $4,681.48 ↓ -28%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $4,681.48 ↓ -28%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $4,686.47 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $4,756.39 ↓ -27%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $4,821.92 ↓ -26%
medica medica medicare (u) $4,841.27 ↓ -25%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $4,841.27 ↓ -25%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $5,059.99 ↓ -22%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $5,120.15 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $5,496.41 ↓ -15%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $5,785.67 ↓ -11%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $5,851.85 ↓ -10%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $5,991.03 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $7,372.74 ↑ +14%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $9,029.72 ↑ +39%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $9,985.04 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $10,020.12 ↑ +55%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $10,461.36 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $10,461.36 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $10,794.64 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $11,010.53 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $11,334.37 ↑ +75%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $11,334.37 ↑ +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) $13,493.30 ↑ +108%

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Replace socket above knee at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $7,556.25 $2,615.85 – $9,956.67
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $6,476.78 $1,821.31 – $5,851.85
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $7,556.25 $2,615.85 – $9,956.67
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $5,832.23 $2,729.05 – $8,517.04
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $6,476.78 $1,821.31 – $5,851.85
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $7,556.25 $2,615.85 – $9,956.67
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $7,556.25 $2,615.85 – $9,956.67
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $7,556.25 $2,680.80 – $10,743.25

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