Tobramycin peak therapeutic drug level 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

$55.30

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.

$115.20

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.

$13.68 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $68.00 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $13.68 ↓ -75%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $15.02 ↓ -73%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $15.10 ↓ -73%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $15.81 ↓ -71%
medicare medicare (u) $15.81 ↓ -71%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $16.12 ↓ -71%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $16.12 ↓ -71%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $16.60 ↓ -70%
medica medica medicare (u) $16.60 ↓ -70%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $16.60 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $17.80 ↓ -68%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $20.15 ↓ -64%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $23.97 ↓ -57%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $25.50 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $28.88 ↓ -48%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $30.19 ↓ -45%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $33.39 ↓ -40%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $37.16 ↓ -33%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $41.14 ↓ -26%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $44.22 ↓ -20%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $45.51 ↓ -18%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $46.94 ↓ -15%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $47.60 ↓ -14%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $50.32 ↓ -9%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $50.50 ↓ -9%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $50.54 ↓ -9%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $52.72 ↓ -5%
medica medica essentials (u m) $52.72 ↓ -5%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $53.94 ↓ -2%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $54.40 ↓ -2%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $55.23 ↓ -0%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $55.49 ↑ +0%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $57.12 ↑ +3%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $59.28 ↑ +7%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $62.39 ↑ +13%
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) $68.00 ↑ +23%

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Tobramycin peak therapeutic drug level at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $78.40 $23.73 – $88.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $93.60 $28.33 – $105.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $167.20 $71.79 – $188.10
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $167.20 $71.79 – $188.10
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $64.51 $15.02 – $63.69
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $55.30 $15.02 – $53.94
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $64.51 $15.02 – $63.69
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $81.42 $15.02 – $98.00

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