Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center
200 State Avenue, Faribualt, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1154741577
$144.76
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.
$258.50
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.
$52.01 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $427.31 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) | $52.01 | ↓ -64% |
| medicaid ma | medicaid ma (v) | $99.61 | ↓ -31% |
| all other medicaid (v) | all other medicaid (v) | $99.61 | ↓ -31% |
| allina aetna medicare (v) | allina aetna medicare (v) | $101.94 | ↓ -30% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (v) | $102.60 | ↓ -29% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (v) | $106.57 | ↓ -26% |
| medicare | medicare (v) | $107.31 | ↓ -26% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $110.90 | ↓ -23% |
| medica medicare | medica medicare (v) | $111.60 | ↓ -23% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (v) | $111.90 | ↓ -23% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $114.85 | ↓ -21% |
| scha msho (v) | scha msho (v) | $117.23 | ↓ -19% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $121.31 | ↓ -16% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $153.24 | ↑ +6% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $164.00 | ↑ +13% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $175.00 | ↑ +21% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $190.75 | ↑ +32% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $199.41 | ↑ +38% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $217.14 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $217.14 | ↑ +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) | $258.50 | ↑ +79% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $283.92 | ↑ +96% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $284.23 | ↑ +96% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $288.65 | ↑ +99% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $296.43 | ↑ +105% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $296.43 | ↑ +105% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $312.00 | ↑ +116% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $321.46 | ↑ +122% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $336.00 | ↑ +132% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $378.17 | ↑ +161% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $405.94 | ↑ +180% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $427.31 | ↑ +195% |
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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $580.80 | $111.66 – $653.40 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $819.20 | $111.66 – $921.60 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $530.40 | $111.66 – $596.70 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $484.80 | $111.66 – $545.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $501.60 | $111.66 – $564.30 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $530.40 | $79.32 – $596.70 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $481.60 | $81.04 – $541.80 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $819.20 | $111.66 – $921.60 |