Sodium 24 hour urine 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

$33.21

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.

$59.30

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.

$3.44 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $40.22 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) $3.44 ↓ -90%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $4.71 ↓ -86%
medicare medicare (v) $4.96 ↓ -85%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $4.96 ↓ -85%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $5.06 ↓ -85%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $5.06 ↓ -85%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $5.16 ↓ -84%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $5.21 ↓ -84%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $5.21 ↓ -84%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $5.46 ↓ -84%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $7.60 ↓ -77%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $8.03 ↓ -76%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $8.72 ↓ -74%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $10.14 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $10.43 ↓ -69%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $11.58 ↓ -65%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $11.78 ↓ -65%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $12.53 ↓ -62%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $12.62 ↓ -62%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $13.08 ↓ -61%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $13.08 ↓ -61%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $13.19 ↓ -60%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $13.77 ↓ -59%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $14.36 ↓ -57%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $14.36 ↓ -57%
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) $17.10 ↓ -49%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $26.75 ↓ -19%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $27.17 ↓ -18%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $30.25 ↓ -9%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $35.59 ↑ +7%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $38.21 ↑ +15%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $40.22 ↑ +21%

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Sodium 24 hour urine at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $36.00 $4.12 – $15.30
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $81.60 $9.44 – $35.10
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $46.40 $3.87 – $14.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $28.00 $8.47 – $31.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $81.60 $9.44 – $35.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $56.80 $5.84 – $15.30
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $56.80 $5.84 – $15.30
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $36.34 $4.71 – $24.01

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