Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Owatonna Hospital
2250 NW 26th St, Owatonna, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1528025632
$348.82
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.
$622.90
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.
$125.33 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,924.00 with united healthcare (bdohsv) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $125.33 | ↓ -64% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $241.41 | ↓ -31% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $276.75 | ↓ -21% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $292.33 | ↓ -16% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (o) | $292.45 | ↓ -16% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (o) | $292.45 | ↓ -16% |
| allina aetna medicare (o) | allina aetna medicare (o) | $300.52 | ↓ -14% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (o) | $312.72 | ↓ -10% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (o) | $315.85 | ↓ -9% |
| medicare | medicare (o) | $316.34 | ↓ -9% |
| medica | medica medicare (o) | $325.23 | ↓ -7% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (o) | $328.36 | ↓ -6% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $369.26 | ↑ +6% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $421.68 | ↑ +21% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $432.00 | ↑ +24% |
| medica ubh (o) | medica ubh (o) | $436.03 | ↑ +25% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $459.64 | ↑ +32% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $480.51 | ↑ +38% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $495.56 | ↑ +42% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (o) | $498.32 | ↑ +43% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $503.21 | ↑ +44% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $523.24 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $523.24 | ↑ +50% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $560.37 | ↑ +61% |
| 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) | $622.90 | ↑ +79% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $659.24 | ↑ +89% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $707.63 | ↑ +103% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $744.89 | ↑ +114% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $960.05 | ↑ +175% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $1,002.38 | ↑ +187% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $1,002.38 | ↑ +187% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $1,055.00 | ↑ +202% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $2,924.00 | ↑ +738% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection major joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $956.00 | $289.31 – $1,075.50 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $956.00 | $213.67 – $1,075.50 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $951.20 | $309.95 – $1,070.10 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $951.20 | $309.95 – $1,070.10 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $647.09 | $168.08 – $3,243.00 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $647.09 | $168.08 – $3,243.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $348.82 | $241.41 – $1,002.38 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $414.06 | $251.85 – $698.15 |