Rheumatoid factor quantitative 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

$35.06

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.

$62.60

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.

$5.28 with allina aetna medicare (v) vs $70.47 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
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $5.28 ↓ -85%
medicare medicare (v) $5.56 ↓ -84%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $5.56 ↓ -84%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $5.66 ↓ -84%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $5.66 ↓ -84%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $5.78 ↓ -84%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $5.83 ↓ -83%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $5.84 ↓ -83%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $6.12 ↓ -83%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $8.09 ↓ -77%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $17.86 ↓ -49%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $18.29 ↓ -48%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $18.87 ↓ -46%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $20.50 ↓ -42%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $23.83 ↓ -32%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $27.21 ↓ -22%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $27.70 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $29.46 ↓ -16%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $29.66 ↓ -15%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $30.76 ↓ -12%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $30.76 ↓ -12%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $31.01 ↓ -12%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $32.37 ↓ -8%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $33.77 ↓ -4%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $33.77 ↓ -4%
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) $40.20 ↑ +15%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $46.88 ↑ +34%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $47.60 ↑ +36%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $53.02 ↑ +51%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $62.36 ↑ +78%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $66.94 ↑ +91%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $70.47 ↑ +101%

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Rheumatoid factor quantitative at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $71.20 $12.35 – $45.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $88.80 $25.18 – $93.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $60.80 $17.19 – $63.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $66.40 $10.89 – $40.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $88.80 $25.18 – $93.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $74.40 $28.51 – $74.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $74.40 $28.51 – $74.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $38.35 $5.28 – $42.07

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