Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug 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

$130.70

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.

$233.40

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.

$14.85 with blue cross blue shield vs $175.40 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.

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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
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $14.85 ↓ -89%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $31.83 ↓ -76%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $32.33 ↓ -75%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $34.20 ↓ -74%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $35.29 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $36.01 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $42.36 ↓ -68%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $45.46 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $47.86 ↓ -63%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $77.93 ↓ -40%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $82.32 ↓ -37%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $89.45 ↓ -32%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $103.98 ↓ -20%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $120.85 ↓ -8%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $128.53 ↓ -2%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $129.43 ↓ -1%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $134.20 ↑ +3%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $134.20 ↑ +3%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $135.30 ↑ +4%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $141.23 ↑ +8%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $147.34 ↑ +13%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $147.34 ↑ +13%
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) $175.40 ↑ +34%

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $169.60 $33.60 – $190.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $183.20 $33.60 – $206.10
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $215.20 $33.60 – $242.10
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $131.20 $33.60 – $147.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $172.00 $33.60 – $193.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $215.20 $1.02 – $33.60
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $154.40 $1.00 – $173.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $183.20 $33.60 – $206.10

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