Cholesterol at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center
200 State Avenue, Faribualt, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1154741577
$23.52
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.
$42.00
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.
$4.05 with allina aetna medicare (v) vs $40.22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| allina aetna medicare (v) | allina aetna medicare (v) | $4.05 | ↓ -83% |
| medicare | medicare (v) | $4.26 | ↓ -82% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (v) | $4.26 | ↓ -82% |
| medicaid ma | medicaid ma (v) | $4.35 | ↓ -82% |
| all other medicaid (v) | all other medicaid (v) | $4.35 | ↓ -82% |
| medica medicare | medica medicare (v) | $4.43 | ↓ -81% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (v) | $4.47 | ↓ -81% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (v) | $4.48 | ↓ -81% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $4.57 | ↓ -81% |
| scha msho (v) | scha msho (v) | $4.69 | ↓ -80% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $10.09 | ↓ -57% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $10.43 | ↓ -56% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $10.65 | ↓ -55% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $11.58 | ↓ -51% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $13.46 | ↓ -43% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $15.37 | ↓ -35% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $15.64 | ↓ -34% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $16.63 | ↓ -29% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $16.75 | ↓ -29% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $17.37 | ↓ -26% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $17.37 | ↓ -26% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $17.51 | ↓ -26% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $18.28 | ↓ -22% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $19.07 | ↓ -19% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $19.07 | ↓ -19% |
| 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) | $22.70 | ↓ -3% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $26.75 | ↑ +14% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $27.17 | ↑ +16% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $30.25 | ↑ +29% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $35.59 | ↑ +51% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $38.21 | ↑ +62% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $40.22 | ↑ +71% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Cholesterol at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $47.20 | $9.44 – $35.10 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $85.60 | $25.90 – $96.30 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $48.00 | $14.53 – $54.00 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $26.40 | $7.99 – $29.70 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $85.60 | $25.90 – $96.30 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $36.80 | $12.37 – $32.40 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $36.80 | $12.37 – $32.40 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $25.73 | $4.05 – $24.01 |