Cauterization chemical granulation tissue 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

$132.10

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.

$235.90

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.

$47.46 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $998.18 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $47.46 ↓ -64%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $104.81 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $110.71 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $120.31 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $139.84 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $159.70 ↑ +21%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $172.87 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $174.07 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $180.49 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $180.49 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $181.97 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $189.95 ↑ +44%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $191.16 ↑ +45%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $191.16 ↑ +45%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $196.43 ↑ +49%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $196.89 ↑ +49%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $198.16 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $198.16 ↑ +50%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $199.00 ↑ +51%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $205.34 ↑ +55%
medicare medicare (v) $206.77 ↑ +57%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $215.04 ↑ +63%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $215.61 ↑ +63%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $225.87 ↑ +71%
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) $235.90 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $259.05 ↑ +96%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $663.96 ↑ +403%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $674.27 ↑ +410%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $750.93 ↑ +468%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $883.38 ↑ +569%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $948.27 ↑ +618%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $998.18 ↑ +656%

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Cauterization chemical granulation tissue at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $450.40 $136.30 – $506.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $464.80 $140.66 – $522.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $430.40 $144.42 – $484.20
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $327.20 $147.55 – $368.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $464.80 $140.66 – $522.90
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $213.70 $180.95 – $595.98
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $132.10 $159.70 – $750.93
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $213.70 $180.95 – $497.45

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