Piflu f-18, dia 1 millicurie 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

$1,063.83

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.

$1,899.70

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.

$329.17 with allina aetna medicare (v) vs $1,899.70 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) $329.17 ↓ -69%
medicare medicare (v) $346.49 ↓ -67%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $346.49 ↓ -67%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $360.35 ↓ -66%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $363.81 ↓ -66%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $381.14 ↓ -64%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $382.22 ↓ -64%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $541.17 ↓ -49%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $541.17 ↓ -49%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $557.41 ↓ -48%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $638.65 ↓ -40%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $720.72 ↓ -32%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $844.04 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $847.81 ↓ -20%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $891.53 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $910.08 ↓ -14%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $949.85 ↓ -11%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $957.98 ↓ -10%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $957.98 ↓ -10%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $968.85 ↓ -9%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $1,081.90 ↑ +2%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $1,126.14 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $1,286.04 ↑ +21%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $1,392.10 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $1,401.78 ↑ +32%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $1,453.46 ↑ +37%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $1,453.46 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $1,465.43 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $1,529.64 ↑ +44%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $1,595.75 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,595.75 ↑ +50%
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) $1,899.70 ↑ +79%

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Piflu f-18, dia 1 millicurie at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $880.00 $315.82 – $990.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $911.86 $329.17 – $1,182.38
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,063.83 $329.17 – $1,401.78
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $911.86 $329.17 – $2,107.95
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $911.86 $329.17 – $1,182.38
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,063.83 $329.17 – $1,401.78
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $1,063.83 $329.17 – $1,401.78
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $1,063.83 $329.17 – $1,626.61

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