Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center
200 State Avenue, Faribualt, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1154741577
$923.27
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.
$1,648.70
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.
$331.72 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $3,760.00 with medica health system — 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) | $331.72 | ↓ -64% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $543.14 | ↓ -41% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $732.52 | ↓ -21% |
| all other medicaid (v) | all other medicaid (v) | $746.88 | ↓ -19% |
| medicaid ma | medicaid ma (v) | $746.88 | ↓ -19% |
| allina aetna medicare (v) | allina aetna medicare (v) | $767.50 | ↓ -17% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (v) | $769.29 | ↓ -17% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $773.73 | ↓ -16% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (v) | $802.31 | ↓ -13% |
| medicare | medicare (v) | $807.89 | ↓ -12% |
| medica medicare | medica medicare (v) | $840.21 | ↓ -9% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (v) | $842.43 | ↓ -9% |
| scha msho (v) | scha msho (v) | $882.54 | ↓ -4% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $977.35 | ↑ +6% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $1,116.12 | ↑ +21% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $1,216.57 | ↑ +32% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,271.81 | ↑ +38% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,384.91 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,384.91 | ↑ +50% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $1,392.13 | ↑ +51% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $1,413.74 | ↑ +53% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $1,574.46 | ↑ +71% |
| 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) | $1,648.70 | ↑ +79% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $1,769.00 | ↑ +92% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $1,852.17 | ↑ +101% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $1,988.20 | ↑ +115% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $2,092.86 | ↑ +127% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $3,161.00 | ↑ +242% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $3,421.60 | ↑ +271% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $3,572.45 | ↑ +287% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $3,572.45 | ↑ +287% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $3,760.00 | ↑ +307% |
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Myelography via inj w/s&i lumbosacral at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,457.60 | $577.63 – $1,639.80 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $1,318.80 | $440.16 – $3,243.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $923.27 | $543.14 – $3,572.45 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $1,318.80 | $440.16 – $3,243.00 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $1,318.80 | $440.16 – $3,243.00 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $923.27 | $543.14 – $3,760.50 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $923.27 | $543.14 – $3,572.45 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $923.27 | $695.17 – $3,441.04 |