Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium and gas) at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$207.79
Cash price 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.
$432.90
Gross charge 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.
$87.10 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $445.67 with health partners — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $87.10 | ↓ -58% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $96.10 | ↓ -54% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $115.72 | ↓ -44% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $162.11 | ↓ -22% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $167.11 | ↓ -20% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $167.11 | ↓ -20% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $171.73 | ↓ -17% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $172.12 | ↓ -17% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $177.12 | ↓ -15% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $180.00 | ↓ -13% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $180.77 | ↓ -13% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $180.77 | ↓ -13% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $189.81 | ↓ -9% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $189.81 | ↓ -9% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $208.89 | ↑ +1% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $216.00 | ↑ +4% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $221.21 | ↑ +6% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $238.00 | ↑ +15% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $238.00 | ↑ +15% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $249.00 | ↑ +20% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $249.00 | ↑ +20% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $260.55 | ↑ +25% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $262.00 | ↑ +26% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $276.55 | ↑ +33% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $289.70 | ↑ +39% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $297.75 | ↑ +43% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $303.03 | ↑ +46% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $320.35 | ↑ +54% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $325.31 | ↑ +57% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $326.00 | ↑ +57% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $331.00 | ↑ +59% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $346.32 | ↑ +67% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $349.21 | ↑ +68% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $363.64 | ↑ +75% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $367.59 | ↑ +77% |
| 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) | $432.90 | ↑ +108% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $445.67 | ↑ +114% |
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Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium and gas) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $744.80 | $186.92 – $837.90 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,020.00 | $132.55 – $1,147.50 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $899.20 | $135.41 – $1,011.60 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $811.20 | $186.92 – $912.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $811.20 | $186.92 – $912.60 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $208.99 | $164.00 – $385.78 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $207.79 | $115.72 – $445.67 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $208.99 | $164.00 – $385.78 |