Thyrotropin releasing hormone 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

$82.18

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.

$171.20

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.

$22.00 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $171.20 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $22.00 ↓ -73%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $34.45 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $38.01 ↓ -54%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $46.93 ↓ -43%
medicare medicare (u) $49.40 ↓ -40%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $49.40 ↓ -40%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $50.36 ↓ -39%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $50.36 ↓ -39%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $51.87 ↓ -37%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $51.87 ↓ -37%
medica medica medicare (u) $51.87 ↓ -37%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $54.63 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $58.00 ↓ -29%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $60.35 ↓ -27%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $62.44 ↓ -24%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $62.95 ↓ -23%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $64.20 ↓ -22%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $68.23 ↓ -17%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $73.23 ↓ -11%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $76.01 ↓ -8%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $77.09 ↓ -6%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $90.78 ↑ +10%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $93.54 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $103.58 ↑ +26%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $104.95 ↑ +28%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $114.57 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $119.84 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $126.69 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $127.13 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (u m) $132.73 ↑ +62%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $132.73 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $136.96 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $139.70 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $143.81 ↑ +75%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $169.52 ↑ +106%
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) $171.20 ↑ +108%

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Thyrotropin releasing hormone at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $89.15 $27.14 – $117.47
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $82.18 $22.00 – $169.52
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $89.15 $27.14 – $117.47
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $82.18 $22.00 – $90.78
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $89.15 $27.14 – $117.47
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $89.15 $27.14 – $117.47
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $89.15 $34.74 – $171.95
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $47.89 – $52.93

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