Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$920.21
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.
$1,917.10
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.
$297.06 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $4,301.00 with united healthcare (um) — 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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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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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $297.06 | ↓ -68% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $385.72 | ↓ -58% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $425.60 | ↓ -54% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $563.01 | ↓ -39% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $597.67 | ↓ -35% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $597.67 | ↓ -35% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $614.17 | ↓ -33% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $615.14 | ↓ -33% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $615.60 | ↓ -33% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $646.49 | ↓ -30% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $646.49 | ↓ -30% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $668.88 | ↓ -27% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $678.81 | ↓ -26% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $678.81 | ↓ -26% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $709.94 | ↓ -23% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $747.09 | ↓ -19% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $764.39 | ↓ -17% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $835.13 | ↓ -9% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $896.49 | ↓ -3% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $943.68 | ↑ +3% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $1,060.71 | ↑ +15% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,282.92 | ↑ +39% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $1,324.00 | ↑ +44% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $1,341.97 | ↑ +46% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $1,418.65 | ↑ +54% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $1,533.68 | ↑ +67% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $1,547.81 | ↑ +68% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,610.36 | ↑ +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) | $1,917.10 | ↑ +108% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $2,104.00 | ↑ +129% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $2,255.00 | ↑ +145% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $2,457.00 | ↑ +167% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $2,565.00 | ↑ +179% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $2,565.00 | ↑ +179% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $2,700.00 | ↑ +193% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $3,243.00 | ↑ +252% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $4,301.00 | ↑ +367% |
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Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $1,907.20 | $577.17 – $2,145.60 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $1,754.40 | $530.93 – $1,973.70 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $1,852.00 | $560.46 – $2,083.50 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,778.40 | $538.19 – $2,000.70 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,852.00 | $453.20 – $2,083.50 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,392.00 | $452.45 – $1,050.30 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $1,754.40 | $530.93 – $1,973.70 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,502.40 | $645.09 – $1,690.20 |