Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide 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

$91.73

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.

$163.80

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.

$10.64 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $96.61 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) $10.64 ↓ -88%
allina aetna medicare (v) allina aetna medicare (v) $17.39 ↓ -81%
medicare medicare (v) $18.31 ↓ -80%
medicare other all other medicare (v) $18.31 ↓ -80%
medicaid ma medicaid ma (v) $18.66 ↓ -80%
all other medicaid (v) all other medicaid (v) $18.66 ↓ -80%
medica medicare medica medicare (v) $19.04 ↓ -79%
south country health alliance scha pmap (v) $19.22 ↓ -79%
bcbs bc medicare (v) $19.23 ↓ -79%
scha msho (v) scha msho (v) $20.14 ↓ -78%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $23.50 ↓ -74%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $24.83 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $25.07 ↓ -73%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $26.98 ↓ -71%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $31.36 ↓ -66%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $35.81 ↓ -61%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $36.45 ↓ -60%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $38.77 ↓ -58%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $39.03 ↓ -57%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $40.47 ↓ -56%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $40.47 ↓ -56%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $40.81 ↓ -56%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $42.60 ↓ -54%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $44.44 ↓ -52%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $44.44 ↓ -52%
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) $52.90 ↓ -42%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $64.26 ↓ -30%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $65.25 ↓ -29%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $72.68 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $85.49 ↓ -7%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $91.77 ↑ +0%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $96.61 ↑ +5%

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Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $125.60 $38.01 – $141.30
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $57.60 $17.43 – $64.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $53.60 $16.22 – $60.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $57.60 $17.43 – $64.80
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $53.60 $23.01 – $60.30
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $53.60 $23.01 – $60.30
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $97.97 $17.39 – $57.68
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $91.73 $17.39 – $72.68

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