Special radiation dosimetry at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$286.85
Cash price 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.
$597.60
Gross charge 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.
$119.71 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $725.87 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $119.71 | ↓ -58% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $120.91 | ↓ -58% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $128.06 | ↓ -55% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $128.06 | ↓ -55% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $131.66 | ↓ -54% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $131.90 | ↓ -54% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $132.09 | ↓ -54% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $132.11 | ↓ -54% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $138.59 | ↓ -52% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $138.59 | ↓ -52% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $145.52 | ↓ -49% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $145.52 | ↓ -49% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $160.07 | ↓ -44% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $209.74 | ↓ -27% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $223.13 | ↓ -22% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $225.32 | ↓ -21% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $235.93 | ↓ -18% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $264.18 | ↓ -8% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $325.11 | ↑ +13% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $332.40 | ↑ +16% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $359.97 | ↑ +25% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $398.17 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $416.50 | ↑ +45% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $440.30 | ↑ +53% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $441.85 | ↑ +54% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $461.30 | ↑ +61% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $461.30 | ↑ +61% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $476.00 | ↑ +66% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $485.52 | ↑ +69% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $499.80 | ↑ +74% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $514.23 | ↑ +79% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $546.06 | ↑ +90% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $587.96 | ↑ +105% |
| 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) | $595.00 | ↑ +107% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $642.38 | ↑ +124% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $689.59 | ↑ +140% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $725.87 | ↑ +153% |
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Special radiation dosimetry at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $709.60 | $97.88 – $798.30 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $985.60 | $100.00 – $1,108.80 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $501.14 | $128.06 – $807.54 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $286.85 | $128.06 – $332.40 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $501.14 | $128.06 – $807.54 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $286.85 | $128.06 – $225.32 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $501.14 | $128.06 – $807.54 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $501.14 | $128.06 – $807.54 |