_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at Owatonna Hospital

2250 NW 26th St, Owatonna, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1528025632

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 16, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$174.22

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.

$311.10

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.

$20.71 with blue cross blue shield vs $207.50 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) $20.71 ↓ -88%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $41.75 ↓ -76%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $53.06 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $53.88 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $60.01 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $70.59 ↓ -59%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $75.78 ↓ -57%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $79.77 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $92.19 ↓ -47%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $97.38 ↓ -44%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $105.83 ↓ -39%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $107.40 ↓ -38%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $113.05 ↓ -35%
medicare medicare (o) $113.05 ↓ -35%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $115.26 ↓ -34%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $115.26 ↓ -34%
medica medica medicare (o) $117.57 ↓ -33%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $118.70 ↓ -32%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $123.01 ↓ -29%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $124.48 ↓ -29%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $140.47 ↓ -19%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $142.97 ↓ -18%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $145.25 ↓ -17%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $152.06 ↓ -13%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $153.11 ↓ -12%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $158.76 ↓ -9%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $158.76 ↓ -9%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $160.07 ↓ -8%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $166.00 ↓ -5%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $167.08 ↓ -4%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $174.30 ↑ +0%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $174.30 ↑ +0%
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) $207.50 ↑ +19%

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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $186.14 $16.78 – $207.48
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $186.14 $16.78 – $286.95
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $174.22 $20.71 – $153.11
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $214.98 $26.98 – $213.28
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $186.14 $16.78 – $207.48
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $174.22 $20.71 – $153.11
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $174.22 $20.71 – $153.11
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $174.22 $26.50 – $131.15

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