Ghs fish cytogen 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

$572.15

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.

$1,021.70

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.

$19.94 with allina aetna medicare (v) vs $345.32 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
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $19.94 ↓ -97%
medicare medicare (v) $20.99 ↓ -96%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $20.99 ↓ -96%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $21.40 ↓ -96%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $21.40 ↓ -96%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $21.83 ↓ -96%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $22.04 ↓ -96%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $22.04 ↓ -96%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $23.09 ↓ -96%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $24.22 ↓ -96%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $53.49 ↓ -91%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $56.50 ↓ -90%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $61.40 ↓ -89%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $71.37 ↓ -88%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $81.51 ↓ -86%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $82.96 ↓ -86%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $88.23 ↓ -85%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $88.84 ↓ -84%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $89.61 ↓ -84%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $92.12 ↓ -84%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $92.12 ↓ -84%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $92.88 ↓ -84%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $96.95 ↓ -83%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $101.14 ↓ -82%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $101.14 ↓ -82%
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) $120.40 ↓ -79%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $229.70 ↓ -60%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $233.26 ↓ -59%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $259.78 ↓ -55%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $305.60 ↓ -47%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $328.05 ↓ -43%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $345.32 ↓ -40%

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Ghs fish cytogen at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $58.40 $15.49 – $57.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $58.40 $12.11 – $45.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $241.60 $15.49 – $57.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $58.40 $17.67 – $65.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $58.40 $12.11 – $45.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $475.20 $23.70 – $62.10
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $475.20 $23.70 – $62.10
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $661.97 $19.94 – $206.18

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