Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced each unit at Allina Health Faribault Medical Center
200 State Avenue, Faribualt, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1154741577
$3,849.44
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.
$6,874.00
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.
$247.32 with blue cross blue shield vs $6,874.00 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.
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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| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $247.32 | ↓ -94% |
| allina aetna medicare (v) | allina aetna medicare (v) | $247.90 | ↓ -94% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (v) | $260.95 | ↓ -93% |
| medicare | medicare (v) | $260.95 | ↓ -93% |
| medica medicare | medica medicare (v) | $271.39 | ↓ -93% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (v) | $274.00 | ↓ -93% |
| scha msho (v) | scha msho (v) | $287.05 | ↓ -93% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $529.98 | ↓ -86% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $538.25 | ↓ -86% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $599.42 | ↓ -84% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $705.15 | ↓ -82% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $756.95 | ↓ -80% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $796.79 | ↓ -79% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $1,383.05 | ↓ -64% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $3,054.12 | ↓ -21% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $3,225.97 | ↓ -16% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $3,505.74 | ↓ -9% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $4,074.91 | ↑ +6% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $4,653.49 | ↑ +21% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $4,736.19 | ↑ +23% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $5,037.27 | ↑ +31% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $5,072.31 | ↑ +32% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $5,259.30 | ↑ +37% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $5,259.30 | ↑ +37% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $5,302.60 | ↑ +38% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $5,534.94 | ↑ +44% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $5,774.16 | ↑ +50% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $5,774.16 | ↑ +50% |
| 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) | $6,874.00 | ↑ +79% |
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Whole blood or red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced each unit at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $3,132.53 | $224.43 – $489.61 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $3,849.44 | $247.32 – $5,072.31 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $3,132.53 | $224.43 – $606.95 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $3,242.96 | $246.29 – $4,735.82 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $3,132.53 | $224.43 – $291.71 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $3,849.44 | $247.32 – $4,653.49 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $3,849.44 | $247.32 – $4,653.49 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $3,849.44 | $241.94 – $3,199.38 |