Trnscath retrv pq vasc fb w/guide 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

$6,473.04

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.

$13,485.50

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.

$2,369.00 with medica dual solutions (a u) vs $24,551.78 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
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $2,369.00 ↓ -63%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $2,713.28 ↓ -58%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $2,866.19 ↓ -56%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $2,993.78 ↓ -54%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $3,008.31 ↓ -54%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $3,008.31 ↓ -54%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $3,091.36 ↓ -52%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $3,098.56 ↓ -52%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $3,131.71 ↓ -52%
medicare medicare (u) $3,254.06 ↓ -50%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $3,254.06 ↓ -50%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $3,416.76 ↓ -47%
medica medica medicare (u) $3,416.76 ↓ -47%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $3,760.39 ↓ -42%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $4,693.00 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $5,021.00 ↓ -22%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $5,640.00 ↓ -13%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $5,889.00 ↓ -9%
medica medica essentials (u m) $5,889.00 ↓ -9%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $6,198.00 ↓ -4%
health partners hpi (u m) $6,879.25 ↑ +6%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $7,005.20 ↑ +8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $7,233.00 ↑ +12%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $7,879.95 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $9,024.50 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $9,439.85 ↑ +46%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $9,949.00 ↑ +54%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $9,979.27 ↑ +54%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $10,788.40 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $11,327.82 ↑ +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) $13,485.50 ↑ +108%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $17,398.52 ↑ +169%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $18,470.39 ↑ +185%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $19,886.93 ↑ +207%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $21,728.35 ↑ +236%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $23,324.27 ↑ +260%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $24,551.78 ↑ +279%

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Trnscath retrv pq vasc fb w/guide at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $5,092.80 $2,299.56 – $5,729.40
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $3,071.26 $3,008.31 – $25,057.58
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $6,473.04 $2,369.00 – $7,879.95
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $3,071.26 $3,008.31 – $25,057.58
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $6,473.04 $2,369.00 – $7,233.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $3,071.26 $3,008.31 – $25,057.58
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $3,071.26 $3,008.31 – $25,057.58
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $3,071.26 $2,320.56 – $54,764.22

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