Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial 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

$2,554.78

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.

$4,562.10

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.

$917.89 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $9,559.00 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $917.89 ↓ -64%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $1,362.39 ↓ -47%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $1,362.39 ↓ -47%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $1,400.01 ↓ -45%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $1,403.26 ↓ -45%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $1,463.50 ↓ -43%
medicare medicare (v) $1,473.69 ↓ -42%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $1,532.64 ↓ -40%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $1,536.67 ↓ -40%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $1,609.85 ↓ -37%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $1,722.30 ↓ -33%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $2,026.94 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $2,140.99 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $2,326.67 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $2,704.41 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $3,088.40 ↑ +21%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $3,343.11 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $3,366.36 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $3,490.46 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $3,490.46 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $3,519.20 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $3,673.40 ↑ +44%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $3,832.16 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $3,832.16 ↑ +50%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $4,414.39 ↑ +73%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $4,482.92 ↑ +75%
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) $4,562.10 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $4,992.58 ↑ +95%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $5,873.18 ↑ +130%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $6,304.56 ↑ +147%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $6,636.39 ↑ +160%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $9,559.00 ↑ +274%

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Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $7,007.20 $1,531.52 – $7,883.10
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $6,978.40 $1,128.64 – $7,850.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $6,522.60 $1,153.03 – $7,337.93
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $2,851.58 $1,362.39 – $3,962.35
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $2,554.78 $1,362.39 – $4,992.58
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $2,851.58 $1,362.39 – $3,651.56
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $2,813.33 $1,400.01 – $7,682.77
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $2,851.58 $1,362.39 – $1,702.99

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