Specific gravity body fluid at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$70.03
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.
$145.90
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.
$3.05 with allina aetna medicare (u) vs $64.20 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $3.05 | ↓ -96% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $3.21 | ↓ -95% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $3.21 | ↓ -95% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $3.28 | ↓ -95% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $3.28 | ↓ -95% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $3.37 | ↓ -95% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $3.37 | ↓ -95% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $3.38 | ↓ -95% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $4.10 | ↓ -94% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $5.89 | ↓ -92% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $6.82 | ↓ -90% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $8.46 | ↓ -88% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $11.01 | ↓ -84% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $12.92 | ↓ -82% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $14.25 | ↓ -80% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $21.01 | ↓ -70% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $22.30 | ↓ -68% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $22.63 | ↓ -68% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $24.01 | ↓ -66% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $24.08 | ↓ -66% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $26.23 | ↓ -63% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $28.17 | ↓ -60% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $28.50 | ↓ -59% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $29.64 | ↓ -58% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $35.08 | ↓ -50% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $38.84 | ↓ -45% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $42.96 | ↓ -39% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $44.94 | ↓ -36% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $47.51 | ↓ -32% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $47.67 | ↓ -32% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $49.77 | ↓ -29% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $49.77 | ↓ -29% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $51.36 | ↓ -27% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $52.39 | ↓ -25% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $53.93 | ↓ -23% |
| 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) | $64.20 | ↓ -8% |
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Specific gravity body fluid at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $25.60 | $7.75 – $28.80 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $32.00 | $13.74 – $36.00 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $32.00 | $13.74 – $36.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $63.95 | $3.05 – $47.37 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $70.03 | $3.05 – $11.01 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $63.95 | $3.05 – $47.37 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $76.50 | $3.05 – $56.67 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $70.03 | $3.05 – $8.46 |