Pulse ox continuous overnight monitoring 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

$392.00

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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.

$700.00

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.

$119.49 with blue cross blue shield vs $700.00 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

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
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $119.49 ↓ -70%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $122.59 ↓ -69%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $122.59 ↓ -69%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $125.97 ↓ -68%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $126.27 ↓ -68%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $131.69 ↓ -66%
medicare medicare (v) $132.60 ↓ -66%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $137.90 ↓ -65%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $138.27 ↓ -65%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $140.84 ↓ -64%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $144.86 ↓ -63%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $306.27 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $311.01 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $311.03 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $328.51 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $346.38 ↓ -12%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $357.00 ↓ -9%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $407.49 ↑ +4%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $414.96 ↑ +6%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $437.41 ↑ +12%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $460.43 ↑ +17%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $473.88 ↑ +21%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $482.30 ↑ +23%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $512.96 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $516.53 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $535.57 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $535.57 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $539.98 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $563.64 ↑ +44%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $588.00 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $588.00 ↑ +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) $700.00 ↑ +79%

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Pulse ox continuous overnight monitoring at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $426.40 $129.04 – $479.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $351.20 $106.28 – $395.10
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $341.60 $103.38 – $384.30
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $368.00 $111.37 – $414.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $341.60 $112.68 – $384.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $372.00 $115.12 – $418.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $351.20 $106.28 – $395.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $485.60 $57.02 – $149.40

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