Thyroglobulin antibody 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

$24.53

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.

$51.10

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.

$8.09 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $77.09 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $8.09 ↓ -67%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $8.92 ↓ -64%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $14.17 ↓ -42%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $14.81 ↓ -40%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $15.08 ↓ -39%
medicare medicare (u) $15.59 ↓ -36%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $15.59 ↓ -36%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $15.90 ↓ -35%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $15.90 ↓ -35%
medica medica medicare (u) $16.37 ↓ -33%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $16.37 ↓ -33%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $16.38 ↓ -33%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $17.85 ↓ -27%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $19.88 ↓ -19%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $21.97 ↓ -10%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $22.00 ↓ -10%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $24.32 ↓ -1%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $26.90 ↑ +10%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $28.14 ↑ +15%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $28.88 ↑ +18%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $29.75 ↑ +21%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $29.85 ↑ +22%
medica medica essentials (u m) $31.17 ↑ +27%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $31.17 ↑ +27%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $32.16 ↑ +31%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $32.80 ↑ +34%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $33.39 ↑ +36%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $33.77 ↑ +38%
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) $40.20 ↑ +64%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $44.61 ↑ +82%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $54.63 ↑ +123%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $58.00 ↑ +136%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $62.44 ↑ +155%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $68.23 ↑ +178%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $73.23 ↑ +199%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $77.09 ↑ +214%

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Thyroglobulin antibody at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $124.00 $15.98 – $59.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $181.60 $15.98 – $59.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $79.20 $15.98 – $59.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $86.40 $15.98 – $59.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $181.60 $15.98 – $59.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $126.40 $22.67 – $59.40
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $126.40 $22.67 – $59.40
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $25.42 $14.81 – $78.68

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