IV Fluids (first hour) at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center
200 State Avenue, Faribualt, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1154741577
$284.98
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.
$508.90
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.
$102.39 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) 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.
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 |
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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $102.39 | ↓ -64% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $144.99 | ↓ -49% |
| medicaid ma | medicaid ma (v) | $202.65 | ↓ -29% |
| all other medicaid (v) | all other medicaid (v) | $202.65 | ↓ -29% |
| allina aetna medicare (v) | allina aetna medicare (v) | $208.25 | ↓ -27% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (v) | $208.73 | ↓ -27% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (v) | $217.69 | ↓ -24% |
| medicare | medicare (v) | $219.21 | ↓ -23% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $226.10 | ↓ -21% |
| medica medicare | medica medicare (v) | $227.98 | ↓ -20% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (v) | $228.57 | ↓ -20% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $238.83 | ↓ -16% |
| scha msho (v) | scha msho (v) | $239.46 | ↓ -16% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $259.54 | ↓ -9% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $297.64 | ↑ +4% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $301.68 | ↑ +6% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $302.23 | ↑ +6% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $336.57 | ↑ +18% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $344.51 | ↑ +21% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $372.92 | ↑ +31% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $375.52 | ↑ +32% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $389.36 | ↑ +37% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $389.36 | ↑ +37% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $392.57 | ↑ +38% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $395.95 | ↑ +39% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $409.77 | ↑ +44% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $425.01 | ↑ +49% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $427.48 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $427.48 | ↑ +50% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $447.39 | ↑ +57% |
| 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) | $508.90 | ↑ +79% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $565.00 | ↑ +98% |
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IV Fluids (first hour) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $632.80 | $191.50 – $711.90 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $596.80 | $180.61 – $671.40 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $541.60 | $163.90 – $609.30 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $382.40 | $115.72 – $430.20 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $394.40 | $78.68 – $292.50 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $541.60 | $66.53 – $217.11 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $440.80 | $128.72 – $298.80 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $596.80 | $180.61 – $671.40 |