Ureteral reflux study 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

$597.46

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.

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$1,244.70

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.

$250.43 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,354.47 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $250.43 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $276.32 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $365.92 ↓ -39%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $380.88 ↓ -36%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $380.88 ↓ -36%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $391.40 ↓ -34%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $392.31 ↓ -34%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $399.80 ↓ -33%
medicare medicare (u) $412.00 ↓ -31%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $412.00 ↓ -31%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $432.60 ↓ -28%
medica medica medicare (u) $432.60 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $438.76 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $466.76 ↓ -22%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $476.10 ↓ -20%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $502.91 ↓ -16%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $552.65 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $680.10 ↑ +14%
health partners hpi (u m) $730.78 ↑ +22%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $753.04 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $832.95 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $871.29 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $921.08 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $924.31 ↑ +55%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $959.78 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $965.02 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $965.02 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $995.76 ↑ +67%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,005.98 ↑ +68%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $1,015.68 ↑ +70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $1,018.95 ↑ +71%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,045.55 ↑ +75%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $1,097.13 ↑ +84%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $1,198.68 ↑ +101%
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) $1,244.70 ↑ +108%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $1,286.73 ↑ +115%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $1,354.47 ↑ +127%

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Ureteral reflux study at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,383.20 $418.59 – $1,556.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,428.00 $421.92 – $1,606.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,508.00 $297.55 – $1,696.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,333.60 $421.92 – $1,500.30
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,333.60 $421.92 – $1,500.30
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,073.58 $380.88 – $1,414.62
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $597.46 $380.88 – $1,005.98
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,073.58 $380.88 – $1,414.62

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