Fix g/colon tube w/device 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

$745.47

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.

$1,331.20

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.

$267.84 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $4,500.00 with medica health system — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $267.84 ↓ -64%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $591.45 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $624.73 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $709.07 ↓ -5%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $789.14 ↑ +6%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $864.13 ↑ +16%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $864.13 ↑ +16%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $887.99 ↑ +19%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $890.05 ↑ +19%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $901.18 ↑ +21%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $928.27 ↑ +25%
medicare medicare (v) $934.73 ↑ +25%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $972.12 ↑ +30%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $974.68 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $982.29 ↑ +32%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $1,021.10 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $1,026.89 ↑ +38%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,118.21 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $1,118.21 ↑ +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) $1,331.20 ↑ +79%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $1,817.41 ↑ +144%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $1,845.61 ↑ +148%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $2,055.44 ↑ +176%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $2,124.00 ↑ +185%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $2,417.98 ↑ +224%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $2,595.58 ↑ +248%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $2,732.20 ↑ +267%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $4,095.00 ↑ +449%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $4,275.53 ↑ +474%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $4,275.53 ↑ +474%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $4,314.00 ↑ +479%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $4,500.00 ↑ +504%

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Fix g/colon tube w/device at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,240.80 $653.96 – $1,395.90
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,003.68 $574.63 – $3,895.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $745.47 $709.07 – $4,275.53
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,003.68 $574.63 – $3,895.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,003.68 $574.63 – $3,895.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $745.47 $709.07 – $4,512.00
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $745.47 $709.07 – $4,275.53
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $745.47 $563.26 – $4,492.24

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