Ghs paravert facet/nerve cerv ea add bil 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

$507.92

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.

$907.00

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.

$25.43 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) $25.43 ↓ -95%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $56.16 ↓ -89%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $59.32 ↓ -88%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $74.93 ↓ -85%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $85.57 ↓ -83%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $93.27 ↓ -82%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $97.50 ↓ -81%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $106.18 ↓ -79%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $106.18 ↓ -79%
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) $126.40 ↓ -75%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $153.31 ↓ -70%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $328.53 ↓ -35%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $333.65 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $371.57 ↓ -27%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $432.00 ↓ -15%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $437.11 ↓ -14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $469.23 ↓ -8%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $493.91 ↓ -3%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $960.05 ↑ +89%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $1,002.38 ↑ +97%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $1,002.38 ↑ +97%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $1,055.00 ↑ +108%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $2,924.00 ↑ +476%

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Ghs paravert facet/nerve cerv ea add bil at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,076.00 $1.02 – $1,210.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,023.17 $139.12 – $3,243.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $507.92 $85.57 – $1,002.38
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,023.17 $139.12 – $3,243.00
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $1,455.94 $54.72 – $461.63
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,023.17 $139.12 – $3,243.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $507.92 $85.57 – $1,002.38
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $507.92 $85.57 – $1,002.38

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