IV Fluids (each additional hour) 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

$113.96

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.

$203.50

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.

$33.48 with blue cross blue shield vs $565.00 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
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $33.48 ↓ -71%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $40.94 ↓ -64%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $44.61 ↓ -61%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $44.61 ↓ -61%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $45.85 ↓ -60%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $45.95 ↓ -60%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $47.92 ↓ -58%
medicare medicare (v) $48.26 ↓ -58%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $50.19 ↓ -56%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $50.32 ↓ -56%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $52.71 ↓ -54%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $71.75 ↓ -37%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $72.87 ↓ -36%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $81.14 ↓ -29%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $90.42 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $95.46 ↓ -16%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $95.50 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $102.47 ↓ -10%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $103.78 ↓ -9%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $107.87 ↓ -5%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $120.63 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $137.76 ↑ +21%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $149.12 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $150.16 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $155.70 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $155.70 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $156.98 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $163.86 ↑ +44%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $170.94 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $170.94 ↑ +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) $203.50 ↑ +79%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $565.00 ↑ +396%

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IV Fluids (each additional hour) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $190.40 $48.45 – $214.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $179.20 $48.45 – $201.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $160.00 $35.35 – $131.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $141.60 $42.85 – $159.30
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $170.40 $36.32 – $135.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $160.00 $24.15 – $47.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $186.40 $35.00 – $93.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $179.20 $48.45 – $201.60

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