Nushield 1 square cm 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

$398.78

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.

$712.10

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.

$16.90 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $874.50 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $16.90 ↓ -96%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $37.32 ↓ -91%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $39.42 ↓ -90%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $42.84 ↓ -89%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $49.80 ↓ -88%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $56.87 ↓ -86%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $60.24 ↓ -85%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $61.98 ↓ -84%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $62.90 ↓ -84%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $62.90 ↓ -84%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $64.80 ↓ -84%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $66.20 ↓ -83%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $70.56 ↓ -82%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $70.56 ↓ -82%
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) $84.00 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $94.32 ↓ -76%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $106.44 ↓ -73%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $121.84 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $125.20 ↓ -69%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $127.37 ↓ -68%
medicare medicare (v) $128.25 ↓ -68%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $133.38 ↓ -67%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $133.74 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $134.41 ↓ -66%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $140.11 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $141.48 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $141.48 ↓ -65%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $159.77 ↓ -60%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $874.50 ↑ +119%

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Nushield 1 square cm at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $341.81 $94.32 – $874.50
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $398.78 $56.87 – $874.50
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $341.81 $94.32 – $874.50
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $360.30 $32.31 – $874.50
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $341.81 $94.32 – $874.50
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $398.78 $56.87 – $874.50
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $398.78 $56.87 – $874.50
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $398.78 $35.54 – $874.50

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