Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement 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

$232.40

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.

$415.00

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.

$13.94 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $74.70 with scha msho (v) — 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) $13.94 ↓ -94%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $17.83 ↓ -92%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $30.79 ↓ -87%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $32.52 ↓ -86%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $35.34 ↓ -85%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $41.08 ↓ -82%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $45.70 ↓ -80%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $46.40 ↓ -80%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $46.91 ↓ -80%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $47.75 ↓ -79%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $50.78 ↓ -78%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $51.14 ↓ -78%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $51.68 ↓ -78%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $53.02 ↓ -77%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $53.02 ↓ -77%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $53.46 ↓ -77%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $55.80 ↓ -76%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $58.21 ↓ -75%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $58.21 ↓ -75%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $60.79 ↓ -74%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $64.51 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $65.26 ↓ -72%
medicare medicare (v) $67.91 ↓ -71%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $67.91 ↓ -71%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $68.69 ↓ -70%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $69.30 ↓ -70%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $69.30 ↓ -70%
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) $69.30 ↓ -70%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $70.63 ↓ -70%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $71.31 ↓ -69%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $71.38 ↓ -69%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $74.70 ↓ -68%

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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $377.60 $114.27 – $424.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $240.80 $72.87 – $270.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $377.60 $114.27 – $424.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $143.81 $14.45 – $98.38
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $232.40 $17.83 – $74.84
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $143.81 $14.45 – $98.38
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $126.45 $23.23 – $79.53
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $143.81 $14.45 – $98.38

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