Fna bx w/mr gdn ea addl 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

$888.61

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.

$1,586.80

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.

$319.26 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,924.00 with united healthcare (bdohsv) — 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) $319.26 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $353.42 ↓ -60%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $432.00 ↓ -51%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $705.02 ↓ -21%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $725.49 ↓ -18%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $736.70 ↓ -17%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $744.69 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $820.38 ↓ -8%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $940.66 ↑ +6%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $960.05 ↑ +8%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $965.11 ↑ +9%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $1,002.38 ↑ +13%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $1,002.38 ↑ +13%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $1,035.97 ↑ +17%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $1,055.00 ↑ +19%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $1,074.22 ↑ +21%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $1,090.51 ↑ +23%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $1,170.90 ↑ +32%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $1,224.06 ↑ +38%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,332.91 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $1,332.91 ↑ +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) $1,586.80 ↑ +79%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $2,924.00 ↑ +229%

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Fna bx w/mr gdn ea addl at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $714.19 $246.07 – $3,243.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $888.61 $353.42 – $1,170.90
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $714.19 $246.07 – $3,243.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $714.19 $246.07 – $3,243.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $888.61 $353.42 – $1,170.90
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $888.61 $353.42 – $1,170.90
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $888.61 $362.20 – $1,451.49
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $1.02 – $1.02

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