Video Swallow Study (Modified Barium Swallow) at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center
200 State Avenue, Faribualt, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1154741577
$208.99
Cash price 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.
$373.20
Gross charge 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.
$75.09 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $512.82 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $75.09 | ↓ -64% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $164.00 | ↓ -22% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $165.81 | ↓ -21% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $166.20 | ↓ -20% |
| all other medicaid (v) | all other medicaid (v) | $167.11 | ↓ -20% |
| medicaid ma | medicaid ma (v) | $167.11 | ↓ -20% |
| allina aetna medicare (v) | allina aetna medicare (v) | $171.73 | ↓ -18% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (v) | $172.12 | ↓ -18% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $175.14 | ↓ -16% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (v) | $179.52 | ↓ -14% |
| medicare | medicare (v) | $180.77 | ↓ -14% |
| medica medicare | medica medicare (v) | $188.00 | ↓ -10% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (v) | $188.50 | ↓ -10% |
| scha msho (v) | scha msho (v) | $197.47 | ↓ -6% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $221.23 | ↑ +6% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $252.65 | ↑ +21% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $275.38 | ↑ +32% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $283.92 | ↑ +36% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $287.89 | ↑ +38% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $296.43 | ↑ +42% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $296.43 | ↑ +42% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $312.00 | ↑ +49% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $313.49 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $313.49 | ↑ +50% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $336.00 | ↑ +61% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $341.17 | ↑ +63% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $346.44 | ↑ +66% |
| 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) | $373.20 | ↑ +79% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $385.78 | ↑ +85% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $453.85 | ↑ +117% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $487.17 | ↑ +133% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $512.82 | ↑ +145% |
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Video Swallow Study (Modified Barium Swallow) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $698.40 | $186.92 – $785.70 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $664.00 | $186.92 – $747.00 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $658.40 | $132.55 – $740.70 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $491.20 | $135.41 – $552.60 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $791.20 | $186.92 – $890.10 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $791.20 | $186.92 – $890.10 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $207.79 | $115.72 – $331.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $208.99 | $164.00 – $385.78 |