Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center
200 State Avenue, Faribualt, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1154741577
$62.83
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.
$112.20
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.
$9.21 with allina aetna medicare (v) vs $68.69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| allina aetna medicare (v) | allina aetna medicare (v) | $9.21 | ↓ -85% |
| medicare | medicare (v) | $9.69 | ↓ -85% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (v) | $9.69 | ↓ -85% |
| medicaid ma | medicaid ma (v) | $9.88 | ↓ -84% |
| all other medicaid (v) | all other medicaid (v) | $9.88 | ↓ -84% |
| medica medicare | medica medicare (v) | $10.08 | ↓ -84% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (v) | $10.17 | ↓ -84% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (v) | $10.18 | ↓ -84% |
| scha msho (v) | scha msho (v) | $10.66 | ↓ -83% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $10.88 | ↓ -83% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $17.83 | ↓ -72% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $24.04 | ↓ -62% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $25.39 | ↓ -60% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $27.59 | ↓ -56% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $32.07 | ↓ -49% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $36.62 | ↓ -42% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $37.27 | ↓ -41% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $39.64 | ↓ -37% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $39.92 | ↓ -36% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $41.39 | ↓ -34% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $41.39 | ↓ -34% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $41.73 | ↓ -34% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $43.56 | ↓ -31% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $45.44 | ↓ -28% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $45.44 | ↓ -28% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $45.70 | ↓ -27% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $46.40 | ↓ -26% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $51.68 | ↓ -18% |
| 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) | $54.10 | ↓ -14% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $60.79 | ↓ -3% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $65.26 | ↑ +4% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $68.69 | ↑ +9% |
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Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $40.00 | $12.11 – $45.00 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $28.00 | $8.47 – $31.50 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $40.00 | $12.11 – $45.00 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $28.00 | $12.02 – $31.50 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $28.00 | $12.02 – $31.50 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $53.86 | $9.21 – $41.02 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $62.83 | $9.21 – $51.68 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $53.86 | $9.21 – $33.02 |