52/100
#1,181 nationally
Allina United Hospital
333 North Smith Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55102 · (651) 241-8000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Allina United Hospital billed $4.60 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 4.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 159
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MN
- #39
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 37% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
451 | $14,627 | $2,603 | -25% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
374 | $65,688 | $15,864 | about average |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
253 | $46,164 | $10,231 | +6% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
249 | $8,123 | $1,525 | -19% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
185 | $38,260 | $12,327 | -39% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
180 | $22,565 | $3,107 | -11% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
167 | $23,353 | $5,448 | -33% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
160 | $24,845 | $4,898 | -10% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
154 | $8,568 | $2,216 | -27% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
135 | $105,047 | $17,963 | +191% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$105,047 | $17,963 | +191% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,904 | $613 | +152% |
|
Other Vascular Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 253 · Inpatient stay |
$165,765 | $23,562 | +48% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$64,375 | $8,803 | +45% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$93,829 | $10,420 | +39% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$56,259 | $11,971 | +38% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$106,609 | $19,670 | +32% |
|
Other Cerebrovascular Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 070 · Inpatient stay |
$87,036 | $13,656 | +31% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,585 | $3,661 | -56% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,497 | $5,447 | -52% |
|
Major Chest Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 165 · Inpatient stay |
$41,006 | $17,216 | -51% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,776 | $3,307 | -49% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$20,814 | $6,486 | -46% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,144 | $1,828 | -46% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,575 | $2,666 | -46% |
|
Postoperative or Post-traumatic Infections with Operating Room Procedures with
MS-DRG 857 · Inpatient stay |
$52,703 | $16,216 | -46% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.