Blood Draw (Venipuncture) 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

$47.26

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.

$84.40

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.

$3.34 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $17.03 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) $3.34 ↓ -93%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $5.28 ↓ -89%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $7.38 ↓ -84%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $7.79 ↓ -84%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $8.47 ↓ -82%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $8.69 ↓ -82%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $9.15 ↓ -81%
medicare medicare (o) $9.15 ↓ -81%
medica medica medicare (o) $9.52 ↓ -80%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $9.61 ↓ -80%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $9.84 ↓ -79%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $11.24 ↓ -76%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $11.33 ↓ -76%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $11.44 ↓ -76%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $11.50 ↓ -76%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $11.62 ↓ -75%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $12.16 ↓ -74%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $12.25 ↓ -74%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $12.70 ↓ -73%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $12.70 ↓ -73%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $12.81 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $12.82 ↓ -73%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $13.28 ↓ -72%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $13.37 ↓ -72%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $13.94 ↓ -71%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $13.94 ↓ -71%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $15.08 ↓ -68%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $16.18 ↓ -66%
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) $16.60 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $17.03 ↓ -64%

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Blood Draw (Venipuncture) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $26.40 $15.05 – $29.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $20.80 $11.13 – $23.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $26.40 $16.63 – $29.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $19.20 $8.45 – $21.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $20.80 $10.14 – $23.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $24.00 $11.40 – $27.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $24.00 $11.40 – $27.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $15.07 $2.36 – $10.47

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