Acute venous thrombus image at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center

200 State Avenue, Faribualt, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1154741577

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 16, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$1,114.68

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.

$1,990.50

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.

$400.49 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,990.50 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $400.49 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $454.57 ↓ -59%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $884.38 ↓ -21%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $933.13 ↓ -16%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $934.14 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $947.54 ↓ -15%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $1,015.15 ↓ -9%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $1,055.16 ↓ -5%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $1,179.97 ↑ +6%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $1,233.48 ↑ +11%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $1,233.48 ↑ +11%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $1,241.33 ↑ +11%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $1,267.53 ↑ +14%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $1,270.48 ↑ +14%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $1,325.03 ↑ +19%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $1,332.46 ↑ +20%
medicare medicare (v) $1,334.24 ↑ +20%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $1,347.51 ↑ +21%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $1,371.45 ↑ +23%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $1,387.61 ↑ +24%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $1,391.28 ↑ +25%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $1,402.61 ↑ +26%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $1,457.53 ↑ +31%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $1,458.64 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $1,468.78 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $1,522.93 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $1,522.93 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $1,535.47 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $1,602.75 ↑ +44%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,672.02 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $1,672.02 ↑ +50%
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) $1,990.50 ↑ +79%

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Acute venous thrombus image at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $683.38 $316.50 – $1,541.85
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,114.68 $454.57 – $1,468.78
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $683.38 $316.50 – $3,268.25
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $683.38 $316.50 – $1,541.85
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,114.68 $454.57 – $1,468.78
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $1,114.68 $454.57 – $1,468.78
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $1,114.68 $465.86 – $1,866.90
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $1,370.75 – $1,370.75

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