Vaginal bx at United Hospital
333 Smith Ave N. St. Paul, MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1457319485
$1,416.91
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.
$2,951.90
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.
$183.20 with health partners vs $2,862.90 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.
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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| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $183.20 | ↓ -87% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (u) | $187.60 | ↓ -87% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (u) | $187.60 | ↓ -87% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (u) | $193.23 | ↓ -86% |
| allina aetna medicare (u) | allina aetna medicare (u) | $197.93 | ↓ -86% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $200.16 | ↓ -86% |
| medicare | medicare (u) | $208.35 | ↓ -85% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (u) | $208.35 | ↓ -85% |
| medica | medica medicare (u) | $218.77 | ↓ -85% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (u) | $218.77 | ↓ -85% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (u) | $234.50 | ↓ -83% |
| united healthcare (um) | united healthcare (um) | $272.00 | ↓ -81% |
| health partners | hpi (u m) | $308.85 | ↓ -78% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $468.00 | ↓ -67% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $503.63 | ↓ -64% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $507.59 | ↓ -64% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $576.02 | ↓ -59% |
| medica pmap (um) | medica pmap (um) | $635.56 | ↓ -55% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (m u) | $930.44 | ↓ -34% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (mu) | $938.17 | ↓ -34% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $1,009.17 | ↓ -29% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (mu) | $1,061.56 | ↓ -25% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $1,073.59 | ↓ -24% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (mu) | $1,094.49 | ↓ -23% |
| medica health system | medica elect (u m) | $1,158.00 | ↓ -18% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (mu) | $1,174.93 | ↓ -17% |
| medica | medica essentials (u m) | $1,210.00 | ↓ -15% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (u m) | $1,210.00 | ↓ -15% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (m u) | $1,236.77 | ↓ -13% |
| medica health system | medica choice (u m) | $1,273.00 | ↓ -10% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $1,564.29 | ↑ +10% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,915.85 | ↑ +35% |
| medica ubh (u) | medica ubh (u) | $2,004.03 | ↑ +41% |
| americas ppo (araz) | americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) | $2,118.55 | ↑ +50% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (u) | $2,290.32 | ↑ +62% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $2,404.84 | ↑ +70% |
| 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) | $2,862.90 | ↑ +102% |
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Vaginal bx at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $4,390.40 | $143.76 – $2,830.50 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $1,416.91 | $183.20 – $3,243.00 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $1,416.91 | $183.20 – $3,243.00 |
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | not published | $211.23 – $211.23 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | not published | $211.23 – $211.23 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | not published | $211.23 – $211.23 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | not published | $211.23 – $211.23 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | not published | $211.23 – $211.23 |