Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes 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

$97.05

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.

$173.30

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.

$11.87 with blue cross blue shield vs $92.90 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
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $11.87 ↓ -88%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $18.69 ↓ -81%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $20.44 ↓ -79%
medicare medicare (v) $21.52 ↓ -78%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $21.52 ↓ -78%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $21.94 ↓ -77%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $21.94 ↓ -77%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $22.38 ↓ -77%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $22.60 ↓ -77%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $22.60 ↓ -77%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $23.67 ↓ -76%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $30.43 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $30.91 ↓ -68%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $34.42 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $40.49 ↓ -58%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $41.28 ↓ -57%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $43.47 ↓ -55%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $43.60 ↓ -55%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $45.75 ↓ -53%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $47.38 ↓ -51%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $55.07 ↓ -43%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $62.89 ↓ -35%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $64.01 ↓ -34%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $68.08 ↓ -30%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $68.55 ↓ -29%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $71.08 ↓ -27%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $71.08 ↓ -27%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $71.66 ↓ -26%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $74.80 ↓ -23%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $78.04 ↓ -20%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $78.04 ↓ -20%
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) $92.90 ↓ -4%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $105.60 $31.96 – $118.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $76.80 $23.24 – $86.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $73.60 $22.27 – $82.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $69.60 $21.06 – $78.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $76.80 $23.24 – $86.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $69.60 $29.88 – $78.30
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