Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution 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

$41.14

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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.

$85.71

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 $117.26 with blue cross — 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%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $11.68 ↓ -72%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $12.89 ↓ -69%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $20.46 ↓ -50%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $21.77 ↓ -47%
south country health alliance scha msho (u) $23.22 ↓ -44%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $25.77 ↓ -37%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $31.72 ↓ -23%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $38.85 ↓ -6%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $40.63 ↓ -1%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $41.63 ↑ +1%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $42.96 ↑ +4%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $43.46 ↑ +6%
medica medica essentials (u m) $43.46 ↑ +6%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $45.74 ↑ +11%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $46.44 ↑ +13%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $48.76 ↑ +19%
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) $58.05 ↑ +41%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $73.55 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $83.00 ↑ +102%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $97.64 ↑ +137%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $99.72 ↑ +142%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $104.81 ↑ +155%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $110.33 ↑ +168%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $117.26 ↑ +185%

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Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $114.88 $19.83 – $73.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $64.83 $19.06 – $70.85
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $57.55 $15.92 – $59.18
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $33.12 $8.17 – $30.36
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $67.49 $19.82 – $73.68
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $55.37 $1.02 – $60.26
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $63.68 $1.00 – $71.63
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $68.87 $20.84 – $77.47

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