Osmolality blood 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

$55.78

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.

$99.60

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.

$6.16 with allina aetna medicare (v) vs $64.20 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
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $6.16 ↓ -89%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $6.48 ↓ -88%
medicare medicare (v) $6.48 ↓ -88%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $6.60 ↓ -88%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $6.60 ↓ -88%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $6.74 ↓ -88%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $6.80 ↓ -88%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $6.80 ↓ -88%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $7.13 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $10.43 ↓ -81%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $12.92 ↓ -77%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $26.75 ↓ -52%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $27.17 ↓ -51%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $28.52 ↓ -49%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $30.13 ↓ -46%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $30.25 ↓ -46%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $32.74 ↓ -41%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $35.59 ↓ -36%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $38.06 ↓ -32%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $38.21 ↓ -31%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $40.22 ↓ -28%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $43.46 ↓ -22%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $44.23 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $47.05 ↓ -16%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $47.37 ↓ -15%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $49.12 ↓ -12%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $49.12 ↓ -12%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $49.52 ↓ -11%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $51.69 ↓ -7%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $53.93 ↓ -3%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $53.93 ↓ -3%
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) $64.20 ↑ +15%

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Osmolality blood at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $47.20 $14.28 – $53.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $128.00 $38.74 – $144.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $53.60 $16.22 – $60.30
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $41.60 $12.59 – $46.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $128.00 $38.74 – $144.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $64.00 $27.48 – $72.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $64.00 $27.48 – $72.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $61.06 $6.16 – $24.01

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