Heparin bolus from bag at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center
200 State Avenue, Faribualt, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1154741577
$75.96
Cash price 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.
$135.65
Gross charge 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.
$0.01 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $46.68 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $0.22 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $0.25 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $0.30 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $0.32 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $0.34 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $0.34 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $0.38 | ↓ -99% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $9.39 | ↓ -88% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $20.74 | ↓ -73% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $21.91 | ↓ -71% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $23.81 | ↓ -69% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $27.67 | ↓ -64% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $31.60 | ↓ -58% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $33.48 | ↓ -56% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $34.45 | ↓ -55% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $34.95 | ↓ -54% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $34.95 | ↓ -54% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $36.01 | ↓ -53% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $36.79 | ↓ -52% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $39.21 | ↓ -48% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $39.21 | ↓ -48% |
| 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) | $46.68 | ↓ -39% |
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Heparin bolus from bag at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $130.43 | $18.20 – $67.64 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $134.54 | $18.39 – $68.38 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $50.51 | $14.76 – $54.86 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $71.20 | $7.47 – $27.78 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $156.88 | $18.20 – $67.67 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $53.76 | $1.02 – $15.19 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $134.02 | $1.00 – $67.70 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $97.60 | $18.37 – $68.28 |