Sargramostim injection 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

$628.09

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.

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$1,308.53

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 $719.75 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%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $57.58 ↓ -91%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $57.58 ↓ -91%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $58.66 ↓ -91%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $59.31 ↓ -91%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $60.96 ↓ -90%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $61.74 ↓ -90%
medicare medicare (u) $61.74 ↓ -90%
medica medica medicare (u) $64.83 ↓ -90%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $64.83 ↓ -90%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $68.79 ↓ -89%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $71.97 ↓ -89%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $80.92 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $82.65 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $86.87 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $91.44 ↓ -85%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $96.55 ↓ -85%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $97.19 ↓ -85%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $111.63 ↓ -82%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $144.81 ↓ -77%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $159.78 ↓ -75%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $180.30 ↓ -71%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $253.71 ↓ -60%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $269.91 ↓ -57%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $319.57 ↓ -49%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $393.27 ↓ -37%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $481.66 ↓ -23%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $503.82 ↓ -20%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $516.13 ↓ -18%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $532.62 ↓ -15%
medica medica essentials (u m) $538.88 ↓ -14%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $538.88 ↓ -14%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $567.16 ↓ -10%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $575.80 ↓ -8%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $604.59 ↓ -4%
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) $719.75 ↑ +15%

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Sargramostim injection at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $639.18 $57.58 – $442.89
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $628.09 $57.58 – $180.30
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $639.18 $57.58 – $442.89
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $628.09 $57.58 – $96.55
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $639.18 $57.58 – $406.32
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $639.18 $57.58 – $406.32
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $639.18 $57.58 – $279.36
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $47.85 – $52.88

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