Assistive tech assessment, ot 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

$81.48

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.

$145.50

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.

$29.27 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $311.00 with united healthcare (bdohsv) — 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) $29.27 ↓ -64%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $30.08 ↓ -63%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $30.08 ↓ -63%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $30.98 ↓ -62%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $35.51 ↓ -56%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $37.38 ↓ -54%
medicare medicare (v) $37.38 ↓ -54%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $38.88 ↓ -52%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $39.25 ↓ -52%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $41.12 ↓ -50%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $63.51 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $64.65 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $68.28 ↓ -16%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $86.25 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $98.50 ↑ +21%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $107.36 ↑ +32%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $112.24 ↑ +38%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $122.22 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $122.22 ↑ +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) $145.50 ↑ +79%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $160.00 ↑ +96%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $173.55 ↑ +113%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $176.23 ↑ +116%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $196.23 ↑ +141%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $230.84 ↑ +183%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $242.06 ↑ +197%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $247.79 ↑ +204%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $252.73 ↑ +210%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $252.73 ↑ +210%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $260.84 ↑ +220%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $266.00 ↑ +226%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $311.00 ↑ +282%

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Assistive tech assessment, ot at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $77.47 $30.08 – $142.88
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $81.48 $30.08 – $196.23
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $77.47 $30.08 – $86.75
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $77.47 $30.08 – $67.78
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $81.48 $30.08 – $196.23
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $81.48 $30.08 – $196.23
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $81.48 $30.08 – $328.33
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $35.62 – $39.36

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