Coombs direct 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

$92.23

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.

$164.70

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.

$5.39 with medicaid ma vs $70.47 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
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $5.39 ↓ -94%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $5.39 ↓ -94%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $5.55 ↓ -94%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $10.28 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $18.29 ↓ -80%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $22.70 ↓ -75%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $23.98 ↓ -74%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $26.06 ↓ -72%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $30.29 ↓ -67%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $34.59 ↓ -62%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $35.21 ↓ -62%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $37.45 ↓ -59%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $37.71 ↓ -59%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $39.10 ↓ -58%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $39.10 ↓ -58%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $39.42 ↓ -57%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $41.15 ↓ -55%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $42.92 ↓ -53%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $42.92 ↓ -53%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $46.88 ↓ -49%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $47.60 ↓ -48%
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) $51.10 ↓ -45%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $53.02 ↓ -43%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $57.76 ↓ -37%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $60.38 ↓ -35%
medicare medicare (v) $60.80 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $62.36 ↓ -32%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $63.23 ↓ -31%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $63.40 ↓ -31%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $66.42 ↓ -28%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $66.94 ↓ -27%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $70.47 ↓ -24%

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Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $56.00 $16.95 – $63.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $63.20 $27.14 – $71.10
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