Stenger test speech 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

$223.54

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.

$465.70

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.

$10.73 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,328.35 with health partners — 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $10.73 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $24.16 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $25.63 ↓ -89%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $27.60 ↓ -88%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $30.15 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $32.37 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $34.07 ↓ -85%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $93.70 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $103.39 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $164.16 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $174.64 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $206.77 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $254.46 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $281.75 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $311.65 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $325.99 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $344.62 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $345.83 ↑ +55%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $355.53 ↑ +59%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $355.53 ↑ +59%
medica medica essentials (u m) $361.06 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $361.06 ↑ +62%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $365.34 ↑ +63%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $366.20 ↑ +64%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $372.56 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $380.01 ↑ +70%
medicare medicare (u) $384.57 ↑ +72%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $384.57 ↑ +72%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $391.19 ↑ +75%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $403.80 ↑ +81%
medica medica medicare (u) $403.80 ↑ +81%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $444.41 ↑ +99%
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) $465.70 ↑ +108%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $483.18 ↑ +116%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $527.92 ↑ +136%
health partners hpi (u m) $871.09 ↑ +290%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,328.35 ↑ +494%

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Stenger test speech at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $171.36 $15.40 – $399.17
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $223.54 $10.73 – $1,328.35
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $171.36 $15.40 – $420.11
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $223.54 $10.73 – $483.18
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $171.36 $15.40 – $403.80
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $171.36 $15.40 – $420.11
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $171.36 $15.79 – $384.57
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $557.13 – $557.13

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