Decalcification 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

$33.54

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.

$59.90

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.

$8.34 with medicaid ma vs $169.16 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) $8.34 ↓ -75%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $8.34 ↓ -75%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $8.59 ↓ -74%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $12.05 ↓ -64%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $26.61 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $28.11 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $30.55 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $35.51 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $40.55 ↑ +21%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $41.27 ↑ +23%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $43.89 ↑ +31%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $43.91 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $44.20 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $45.83 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $45.83 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $46.21 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $48.23 ↑ +44%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $50.32 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $50.32 ↑ +50%
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) $59.90 ↑ +79%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $112.52 ↑ +235%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $114.27 ↑ +241%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $127.26 ↑ +279%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $149.71 ↑ +346%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $160.70 ↑ +379%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $169.16 ↑ +404%

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Decalcification at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $28.00 $8.47 – $31.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $35.20 $10.65 – $39.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $96.80 $29.29 – $108.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $72.80 $22.03 – $81.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $96.80 $1.02 – $108.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $96.80 $1.00 – $108.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $35.20 $10.65 – $39.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $73.60 $8.93 – $23.40

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