Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) 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

$88.31

Cash price

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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.

$157.70

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.

$31.73 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,504.62 with blue cross blue shield — same scan, same building. Share

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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) $31.73 ↓ -64%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $56.21 ↓ -36%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $56.21 ↓ -36%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $57.76 ↓ -35%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $57.90 ↓ -34%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $60.38 ↓ -32%
medicare medicare (v) $60.80 ↓ -31%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $63.23 ↓ -28%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $63.40 ↓ -28%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $66.42 ↓ -25%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $70.07 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $74.01 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $80.43 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $93.48 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $106.76 ↑ +21%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $115.56 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $116.37 ↑ +32%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $120.66 ↑ +37%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $120.66 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $121.65 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $126.98 ↑ +44%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $132.47 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $132.47 ↑ +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) $157.70 ↑ +79%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $199.00 ↑ +125%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $487.62 ↑ +452%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $1,001.00 ↑ +1034%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $1,016.45 ↑ +1051%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $1,131.90 ↑ +1182%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $1,331.61 ↑ +1408%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $1,429.36 ↑ +1519%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $1,504.62 ↑ +1604%

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Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $288.80 $62.37 – $324.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $133.60 $40.43 – $150.30
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $192.00 $58.10 – $216.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $172.80 $52.29 – $194.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $192.00 $44.13 – $216.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $134.40 $45.08 – $151.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $133.60 $40.43 – $150.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $230.40 $62.37 – $259.20

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