Chromosome count additional 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

$169.29

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.

$302.30

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.

$25.05 with allina aetna medicare (v) vs $345.32 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
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $25.05 ↓ -85%
medicare medicare (v) $26.37 ↓ -84%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $26.37 ↓ -84%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $26.89 ↓ -84%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $26.89 ↓ -84%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $27.42 ↓ -84%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $27.69 ↓ -84%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $27.70 ↓ -84%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $29.01 ↓ -83%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $60.82 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $89.61 ↓ -47%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $134.31 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $141.87 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $154.17 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $179.20 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $204.65 ↑ +21%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $208.28 ↑ +23%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $221.53 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $223.07 ↑ +32%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $229.70 ↑ +36%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $231.29 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $231.29 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $233.19 ↑ +38%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $233.26 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $243.41 ↑ +44%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $253.93 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $253.93 ↑ +50%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $259.78 ↑ +53%
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) $302.30 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $305.60 ↑ +81%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $328.05 ↑ +94%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $345.32 ↑ +104%

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Chromosome count additional at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $160.99 $25.05 – $206.18
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $169.29 $25.05 – $259.78
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $160.99 $25.05 – $90.26
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $219.30 $25.05 – $399.76
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $160.99 $25.05 – $72.62
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $169.29 $25.05 – $259.78
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $169.29 $25.05 – $259.78
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $169.29 $25.05 – $567.76

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