Speech audiometry complete 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

$92.79

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.

$165.70

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.

$33.34 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $165.70 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
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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) $33.34 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $50.73 ↓ -45%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $56.21 ↓ -39%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $56.21 ↓ -39%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $57.76 ↓ -38%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $57.90 ↓ -38%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $60.38 ↓ -35%
medicare medicare (v) $60.80 ↓ -34%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $63.23 ↓ -32%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $63.40 ↓ -32%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $66.42 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $73.62 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $77.76 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $84.51 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $98.23 ↑ +6%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $104.12 ↑ +12%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $105.73 ↑ +14%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $112.17 ↑ +21%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $114.17 ↑ +23%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $117.74 ↑ +27%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $121.42 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $122.27 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $126.78 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $126.78 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $127.82 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $133.42 ↑ +44%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $138.52 ↑ +49%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $139.19 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $139.19 ↑ +50%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $148.69 ↑ +60%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $156.52 ↑ +69%
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) $165.70 ↑ +79%

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Speech audiometry complete at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $146.40 $62.37 – $164.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $146.40 $62.37 – $164.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $120.67 $35.31 – $90.88
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $92.79 $50.73 – $122.27
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $120.67 $35.31 – $148.70
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $120.67 $35.31 – $70.26
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $92.79 $50.73 – $122.27
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $92.79 $50.73 – $122.27

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