Pretreat rbc w chem/drugs reference 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

$259.22

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.

$462.90

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.

$7.61 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $236.76 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $7.61 ↓ -97%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $16.79 ↓ -94%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $17.74 ↓ -93%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $19.28 ↓ -93%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $22.41 ↓ -91%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $25.59 ↓ -90%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $26.04 ↓ -90%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $27.70 ↓ -89%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $27.89 ↓ -89%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $28.92 ↓ -89%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $28.92 ↓ -89%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $29.16 ↓ -89%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $30.44 ↓ -88%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $31.75 ↓ -88%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $31.75 ↓ -88%
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) $37.80 ↓ -85%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $57.76 ↓ -78%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $60.38 ↓ -77%
medicare medicare (v) $60.80 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $61.45 ↓ -76%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $63.23 ↓ -76%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $63.40 ↓ -76%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $66.42 ↓ -74%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $157.48 ↓ -39%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $159.93 ↓ -38%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $178.11 ↓ -31%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $209.52 ↓ -19%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $224.92 ↓ -13%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $236.76 ↓ -9%

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