Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center
200 State Avenue, Faribualt, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1154741577
$1,004.25
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.
$1,793.30
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.
$152.05 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,207.66 with blue cross blue shield — 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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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $152.05 | ↓ -85% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $199.00 | ↓ -80% |
| medicaid ma | medicaid ma (v) | $292.45 | ↓ -71% |
| all other medicaid (v) | all other medicaid (v) | $292.45 | ↓ -71% |
| allina aetna medicare (v) | allina aetna medicare (v) | $300.52 | ↓ -70% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (v) | $301.22 | ↓ -70% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (v) | $314.15 | ↓ -69% |
| medicare | medicare (v) | $316.34 | ↓ -68% |
| medica medicare | medica medicare (v) | $328.99 | ↓ -67% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (v) | $329.86 | ↓ -67% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $335.76 | ↓ -67% |
| scha msho (v) | scha msho (v) | $345.56 | ↓ -66% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $354.65 | ↓ -65% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $385.41 | ↓ -62% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $391.39 | ↓ -61% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $447.98 | ↓ -55% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $511.59 | ↓ -49% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $553.78 | ↓ -45% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $557.63 | ↓ -44% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $578.19 | ↓ -42% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $578.19 | ↓ -42% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $582.95 | ↓ -42% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $608.49 | ↓ -39% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $634.79 | ↓ -37% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $634.79 | ↓ -37% |
| 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) | $755.70 | ↓ -25% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $803.44 | ↓ -20% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $815.84 | ↓ -19% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $908.50 | ↓ -10% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $1,068.80 | ↑ +6% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $1,147.26 | ↑ +14% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $1,207.66 | ↑ +20% |
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| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $508.80 | $153.98 – $572.40 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $657.60 | $213.67 – $739.80 |
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| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $700.00 | $211.84 – $787.50 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $610.40 | $262.09 – $686.70 |