Brace knee hing pat open med 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

$307.27

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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.

$548.70

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $300.87 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.

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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
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) $5.43 ↓ -98%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $12.00 ↓ -96%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $12.67 ↓ -96%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $13.77 ↓ -96%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $16.01 ↓ -95%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $18.28 ↓ -94%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $19.79 ↓ -94%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $19.92 ↓ -94%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $20.66 ↓ -93%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $20.66 ↓ -93%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $20.83 ↓ -93%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $21.74 ↓ -93%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $22.68 ↓ -93%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $22.68 ↓ -93%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $25.24 ↓ -92%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $26.57 ↓ -91%
medicare medicare (v) $26.57 ↓ -91%
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) $27.00 ↓ -91%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $27.00 ↓ -91%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $27.00 ↓ -91%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $27.63 ↓ -91%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $27.81 ↓ -91%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $27.90 ↓ -91%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $29.23 ↓ -90%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $97.50 ↓ -68%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $200.16 ↓ -35%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $203.25 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $226.34 ↓ -26%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $266.27 ↓ -13%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $285.82 ↓ -7%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $300.87 ↓ -2%

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Brace knee hing pat open med at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $323.57 $38.96 – $204.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $263.38 $25.24 – $174.69
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $307.27 $18.28 – $226.34
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $263.38 $25.24 – $67.89
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $224.90 $21.01 – $281.99
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $263.38 $25.24 – $67.89
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $307.27 $18.28 – $226.34
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $307.27 $18.28 – $226.34

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