Sleep study unattended 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

$978.88

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.

$1,748.00

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.

$205.72 with all other medicaid (v) vs $3,281.00 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
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $205.72 ↓ -79%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $205.72 ↓ -79%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $211.40 ↓ -78%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $211.89 ↓ -78%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $220.99 ↓ -77%
medicare medicare (v) $222.53 ↓ -77%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $231.43 ↓ -76%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $232.04 ↓ -76%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $243.09 ↓ -75%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $271.00 ↓ -72%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $328.44 ↓ -66%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $469.56 ↓ -52%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $490.26 ↓ -50%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $490.26 ↓ -50%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $516.00 ↓ -47%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $725.28 ↓ -26%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $766.09 ↓ -22%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $967.69 ↓ -1%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $1,105.09 ↑ +13%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $1,129.19 ↑ +15%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $1,204.54 ↑ +23%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $1,259.23 ↑ +29%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,371.22 ↑ +40%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $1,371.22 ↑ +40%
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) $1,632.40 ↑ +67%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $1,869.00 ↑ +91%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $2,451.57 ↑ +150%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $2,468.30 ↑ +152%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $2,637.07 ↑ +169%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $2,903.69 ↑ +197%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $3,116.95 ↑ +218%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $3,281.00 ↑ +235%

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Sleep study unattended at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $708.00 $112.68 – $796.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $895.82 $155.66 – $1,924.90
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $978.88 $205.72 – $2,637.07
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $895.82 $155.66 – $812.36
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $843.98 $211.40 – $3,157.61
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $895.82 $155.66 – $812.36
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $978.88 $205.72 – $2,637.07
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $978.88 $205.72 – $2,637.07

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