Battery elec/combo vad, rep at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center
200 State Avenue, Faribualt, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1154741577
$188.44
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.
$336.50
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.
$0.01 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $3,180.02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $53.48 | ↓ -72% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $118.09 | ↓ -37% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $124.74 | ↓ -34% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $135.56 | ↓ -28% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $157.57 | ↓ -16% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $179.94 | ↓ -5% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $194.78 | ↑ +3% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $196.13 | ↑ +4% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $203.36 | ↑ +8% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $203.36 | ↑ +8% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $205.04 | ↑ +9% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $214.02 | ↑ +14% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $223.27 | ↑ +18% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $223.27 | ↑ +18% |
| allina aetna medicare (v) | allina aetna medicare (v) | $248.47 | ↑ +32% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (v) | $261.55 | ↑ +39% |
| medicare | medicare (v) | $261.55 | ↑ +39% |
| 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) | $265.80 | ↑ +41% |
| medicaid ma | medicaid ma (v) | $265.80 | ↑ +41% |
| all other medicaid (v) | all other medicaid (v) | $265.80 | ↑ +41% |
| medica medicare | medica medicare (v) | $272.01 | ↑ +44% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (v) | $273.77 | ↑ +45% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (v) | $274.63 | ↑ +46% |
| scha msho (v) | scha msho (v) | $287.71 | ↑ +53% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $1,030.60 | ↑ +447% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $2,115.60 | ↑ +1023% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $2,148.27 | ↑ +1040% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $2,392.27 | ↑ +1170% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $2,814.34 | ↑ +1393% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $3,020.96 | ↑ +1503% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $3,180.02 | ↑ +1588% |
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Battery elec/combo vad, rep at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $161.52 | $248.47 – $1,846.39 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $188.44 | $179.94 – $2,392.27 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $161.52 | $248.47 – $717.57 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $170.30 | $105.10 – $2,980.51 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $161.52 | $248.47 – $717.57 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $188.44 | $179.94 – $2,392.27 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $188.44 | $179.94 – $2,392.27 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $188.44 | $112.46 – $4,232.65 |