Application of paste boot 29580 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

$161.22

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.

$287.90

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.

$27.48 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $847.40 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) $27.48 ↓ -83%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $60.69 ↓ -62%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $64.11 ↓ -60%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $69.67 ↓ -57%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $80.98 ↓ -50%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $92.47 ↓ -43%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $95.62 ↓ -41%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $100.10 ↓ -38%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $100.80 ↓ -37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $104.51 ↓ -35%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $104.51 ↓ -35%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $105.37 ↓ -35%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $109.28 ↓ -32%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $109.99 ↓ -32%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $114.74 ↓ -29%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $114.74 ↓ -29%
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) $136.60 ↓ -15%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $154.82 ↓ -4%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $154.82 ↓ -4%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $159.10 ↓ -1%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $165.55 ↑ +3%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $167.21 ↑ +4%
medicare medicare (o) $167.47 ↑ +4%
medica medica medicare (o) $172.17 ↑ +7%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $173.83 ↑ +8%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $199.00 ↑ +23%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $219.92 ↑ +36%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $563.67 ↑ +250%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $572.43 ↑ +255%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $637.50 ↑ +295%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $749.95 ↑ +365%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $805.03 ↑ +399%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $847.40 ↑ +426%

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Application of paste boot 29580 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $744.00 $102.89 – $382.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $280.00 $84.74 – $315.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $203.20 $61.49 – $228.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $344.00 $104.10 – $387.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $360.00 $113.68 – $405.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $252.80 $116.13 – $283.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $280.00 $84.74 – $315.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $144.80 $62.17 – $162.90

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