Warde cryoglobulin 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

$50.98

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.

$106.20

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.

$6.02 with allina aetna medicare (u) vs $50.64 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
allina aetna medicare (u) allina aetna medicare (u) $6.02 ↓ -88%
medicare medicare (u) $6.34 ↓ -88%
medicare other all other medicare (u) $6.34 ↓ -88%
medicaid medicaid ma (u) $6.46 ↓ -87%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (u) $6.46 ↓ -87%
south country health alliance scha pmap (u) $6.65 ↓ -87%
medica medica medicare (u) $6.66 ↓ -87%
bcbs bc medicare (u) $6.66 ↓ -87%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $7.06 ↓ -86%
medica pmap (um) medica pmap (um) $7.79 ↓ -85%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (u) $8.07 ↓ -84%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $11.79 ↓ -77%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $12.37 ↓ -76%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $13.16 ↓ -74%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $13.63 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $14.45 ↓ -72%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $15.58 ↓ -69%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $19.18 ↓ -62%
united healthcare (um) united healthcare (um) $21.24 ↓ -58%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $22.01 ↓ -57%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $23.49 ↓ -54%
medica ubh (u) medica ubh (u) $24.57 ↓ -52%
americas ppo (araz) americas ppo (araz) (a c m u) $25.97 ↓ -49%
medica health system medica elect (u m) $26.07 ↓ -49%
medica mhps medica mhps (u m) $27.21 ↓ -47%
medica medica essentials (u m) $27.21 ↓ -47%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (u) $28.08 ↓ -45%
medica health system medica choice (u m) $28.64 ↓ -44%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $29.48 ↓ -42%
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) $35.10 ↓ -31%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (mu) $35.88 ↓ -30%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (m u) $38.09 ↓ -25%
blue cross allina health blueprint (mu) $41.02 ↓ -20%
bcbs bc aehp (mu) $44.81 ↓ -12%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (mu) $48.11 ↓ -6%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (m u) $50.64 ↓ -1%

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Warde cryoglobulin at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $31.20 $9.44 – $35.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $84.80 $9.44 – $35.10
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $31.20 $9.44 – $35.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $28.80 $8.72 – $32.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $84.80 $9.44 – $35.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $31.20 $13.40 – $35.10
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $31.20 $13.40 – $35.10
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $59.47 $6.02 – $51.68

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