Unlisted ultrasound procedure 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

$730.51

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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$1,521.90

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.

$54.32 with all other medicaid vs $711.40 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
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $54.32 ↓ -93%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $54.32 ↓ -93%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $55.95 ↓ -92%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $67.90 ↓ -91%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $80.18 ↓ -89%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $85.21 ↓ -88%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $87.60 ↓ -88%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $89.69 ↓ -88%
medicare medicare (u) $89.69 ↓ -88%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $94.17 ↓ -87%
medica medica medicare (u) $94.17 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $126.13 ↓ -83%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $143.13 ↓ -80%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $157.93 ↓ -78%
health partners hpi (u m) $202.26 ↓ -72%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $220.43 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $231.21 ↓ -68%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $233.13 ↓ -68%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $250.77 ↓ -66%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $263.79 ↓ -64%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $266.77 ↓ -63%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $271.97 ↓ -63%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $291.96 ↓ -60%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $301.00 ↓ -59%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $307.32 ↓ -58%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $388.71 ↓ -47%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $440.00 ↓ -40%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $459.00 ↓ -37%
medica medica essentials (u m) $459.00 ↓ -37%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $466.00 ↓ -36%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $476.07 ↓ -35%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $483.00 ↓ -34%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $497.98 ↓ -32%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $526.44 ↓ -28%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $569.12 ↓ -22%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $597.58 ↓ -18%
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) $711.40 ↓ -3%

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Unlisted ultrasound procedure at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $669.60 $92.45 – $753.30
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $452.80 $92.45 – $509.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $401.60 $92.45 – $451.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $368.80 $92.45 – $414.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $452.80 $65.56 – $509.40
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $326.40 $66.97 – $367.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $669.60 $92.45 – $753.30
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $544.71 $54.32 – $625.00

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