Swallowing Therapy Session 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

$228.58

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.

$476.20

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.

$67.62 with all other medicaid vs $476.20 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.

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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
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $67.62 ↓ -70%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $67.62 ↓ -70%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $69.65 ↓ -70%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $79.52 ↓ -65%
medicare medicare (u) $83.71 ↓ -63%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $83.71 ↓ -63%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $84.53 ↓ -63%
medica medica medicare (u) $87.90 ↓ -62%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $87.90 ↓ -62%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $95.81 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $105.72 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $109.72 ↓ -52%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $150.30 ↓ -34%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $152.00 ↓ -34%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $172.00 ↓ -25%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $173.78 ↓ -24%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $186.00 ↓ -19%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $222.00 ↓ -3%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $232.00 ↑ +1%
medica medica essentials (u m) $232.00 ↑ +1%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $244.00 ↑ +7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $264.00 ↑ +15%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $272.51 ↑ +19%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $280.69 ↑ +23%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $289.30 ↑ +27%
health partners hpi (u m) $301.20 ↑ +32%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $311.48 ↑ +36%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $317.00 ↑ +39%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $318.67 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $333.34 ↑ +46%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $340.33 ↑ +49%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $352.39 ↑ +54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $365.32 ↑ +60%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $380.96 ↑ +67%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $384.55 ↑ +68%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $400.01 ↑ +75%
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) $476.20 ↑ +108%

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Swallowing Therapy Session at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $300.00 $90.79 – $337.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $312.80 $94.66 – $351.90
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $287.20 $86.91 – $323.10
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $273.60 $82.80 – $307.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $284.00 $85.95 – $319.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $287.20 $78.94 – $323.10
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $193.60 $78.94 – $217.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $312.80 $94.66 – $351.90

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