Ventilator each subsequent day 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

$1,178.74

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.

$2,455.70

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.

$151.11 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $2,455.70 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $151.11 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $288.39 ↓ -76%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $306.17 ↓ -74%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $329.66 ↓ -72%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $360.18 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $386.64 ↓ -67%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $406.99 ↓ -65%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $494.09 ↓ -58%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $545.17 ↓ -54%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $588.59 ↓ -50%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $588.59 ↓ -50%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $602.02 ↓ -49%
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $604.86 ↓ -49%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $606.25 ↓ -49%
medicare medicare (u) $636.69 ↓ -46%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $636.69 ↓ -46%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $657.76 ↓ -44%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $668.52 ↓ -43%
medica medica medicare (u) $668.52 ↓ -43%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $735.74 ↓ -38%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $865.63 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $920.89 ↓ -22%
health partners hpi (u m) $1,004.21 ↓ -15%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,090.33 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,341.79 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $1,485.70 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,643.35 ↑ +39%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,655.05 ↑ +40%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $1,718.99 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $1,817.22 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $1,823.60 ↑ +55%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $1,903.90 ↑ +62%
medica medica essentials (u m) $1,903.90 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $1,964.56 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $2,003.85 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $2,062.79 ↑ +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) $2,455.70 ↑ +108%

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Ventilator each subsequent day at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,309.60 $396.32 – $1,473.30
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,047.20 $316.91 – $1,178.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,148.00 $347.41 – $1,291.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,047.20 $402.38 – $794.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,348.00 $461.86 – $1,516.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $946.40 $406.36 – $1,064.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $946.40 $406.36 – $1,064.70
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $853.22 $166.52 – $1,124.26

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