Benign lesion paring 4+ 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

$205.86

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.

$367.60

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.

$73.96 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $998.18 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) $73.96 ↓ -64%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $163.32 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $172.51 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $187.48 ↓ -9%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $191.16 ↓ -7%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $191.16 ↓ -7%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $196.43 ↓ -5%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $199.00 ↓ -3%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $204.40 ↓ -1%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $206.45 ↑ +0%
medicare medicare (o) $206.77 ↑ +0%
medica medica medicare (o) $212.58 ↑ +3%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $214.62 ↑ +4%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $217.91 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $248.85 ↑ +21%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $257.32 ↑ +25%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $259.05 ↑ +26%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $269.38 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $271.25 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $281.25 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $281.25 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $283.57 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $294.08 ↑ +43%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $295.99 ↑ +44%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $308.78 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $308.78 ↑ +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) $367.60 ↑ +79%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $663.96 ↑ +223%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $674.27 ↑ +228%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $750.93 ↑ +265%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $883.38 ↑ +329%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $948.27 ↑ +361%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $998.18 ↑ +385%

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Benign lesion paring 4+ at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $229.60 $69.48 – $258.30
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $252.00 $76.26 – $283.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $260.80 $144.42 – $293.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $252.00 $76.26 – $283.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $569.95 $180.95 – $595.98
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $569.95 $180.95 – $497.45
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $205.86 $191.16 – $750.93
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $569.95 $180.95 – $238.95

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