Pr planning advance care 1st 30 minutes 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

$88.48

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.

$158.00

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $633.00 with blue cross blue shield — 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
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $0.01 ↓ -100%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $31.79 ↓ -64%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $70.20 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $74.15 ↓ -16%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $93.66 ↑ +6%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $99.06 ↑ +12%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $103.55 ↑ +17%
medicare medicare (v) $104.27 ↑ +18%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $106.96 ↑ +21%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $108.44 ↑ +23%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $108.73 ↑ +23%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $113.91 ↑ +29%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $116.59 ↑ +32%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $121.88 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $123.00 ↑ +39%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $132.72 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $132.72 ↑ +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) $158.00 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $196.48 ↑ +122%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $212.94 ↑ +141%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $222.33 ↑ +151%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $222.33 ↑ +151%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $234.00 ↑ +164%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $421.04 ↑ +376%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $427.60 ↑ +383%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $476.21 ↑ +438%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $560.21 ↑ +533%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $601.36 ↑ +580%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $633.00 ↑ +615%

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Pr planning advance care 1st 30 minutes at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $161.81 $84.24 – $388.97
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $88.48 $99.06 – $476.21
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $161.81 $84.24 – $231.58
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $161.81 $84.24 – $178.29
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $88.48 $99.06 – $476.21
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $88.48 $99.06 – $476.21
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $88.48 $66.85 – $840.26
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $64.30 – $95.32

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