Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center
200 State Avenue, Faribualt, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1154741577
$26.77
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.
$47.80
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.
$7.73 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $218.57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $7.73 | ↓ -71% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $17.06 | ↓ -36% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $18.02 | ↓ -33% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $19.58 | ↓ -27% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $22.76 | ↓ -15% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $26.00 | ↓ -3% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $28.14 | ↑ +5% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $28.34 | ↑ +6% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $29.38 | ↑ +10% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $29.38 | ↑ +10% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $29.62 | ↑ +11% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $30.92 | ↑ +16% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $32.26 | ↑ +21% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $32.26 | ↑ +21% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $32.93 | ↑ +23% |
| 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) | $38.40 | ↑ +43% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $67.84 | ↑ +153% |
| medicaid ma | medicaid ma (v) | $126.76 | ↑ +374% |
| all other medicaid (v) | all other medicaid (v) | $126.76 | ↑ +374% |
| allina aetna medicare (v) | allina aetna medicare (v) | $130.26 | ↑ +387% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (v) | $130.56 | ↑ +388% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (v) | $136.17 | ↑ +409% |
| medicare | medicare (v) | $137.12 | ↑ +412% |
| medica medicare | medica medicare (v) | $142.60 | ↑ +433% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (v) | $142.98 | ↑ +434% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $145.38 | ↑ +443% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $147.65 | ↑ +452% |
| scha msho (v) | scha msho (v) | $149.79 | ↑ +460% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $164.43 | ↑ +514% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $193.43 | ↑ +623% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $207.64 | ↑ +676% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $218.57 | ↑ +716% |
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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $125.60 | $38.01 – $141.30 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $161.60 | $48.90 – $181.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $194.40 | $94.15 – $218.70 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $125.60 | $38.01 – $141.30 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $120.00 | $51.53 – $135.00 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $120.00 | $51.53 – $135.00 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $53.23 | $61.57 – $158.45 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $26.77 | $26.00 – $164.43 |