Brace knee extender plus 22-30in 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

$1,447.82

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$2,585.40

Gross charge

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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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $1,458.17 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

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
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $0.01 ↓ -100%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $18.33 ↓ -99%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $40.48 ↓ -97%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $42.75 ↓ -97%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $46.46 ↓ -97%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $54.00 ↓ -96%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $61.67 ↓ -96%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $66.76 ↓ -95%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $67.22 ↓ -95%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $69.70 ↓ -95%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $69.70 ↓ -95%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $70.27 ↓ -95%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $72.88 ↓ -95%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $73.35 ↓ -95%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $76.52 ↓ -95%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $76.52 ↓ -95%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $76.52 ↓ -95%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $85.16 ↓ -94%
medicare medicare (o) $89.64 ↓ -94%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $89.64 ↓ -94%
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) $91.10 ↓ -94%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $91.10 ↓ -94%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $91.10 ↓ -94%
medica medica medicare (o) $93.23 ↓ -94%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $94.12 ↓ -93%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $98.39 ↓ -93%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $472.58 ↓ -67%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $970.09 ↓ -33%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $985.07 ↓ -32%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $1,096.96 ↓ -24%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $1,290.50 ↓ -11%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $1,385.23 ↓ -4%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $1,458.17 ↑ +1%

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Brace knee extender plus 22-30in at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $244.00 $46.24 – $171.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $66.40 $20.09 – $74.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $225.60 $68.27 – $253.80
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $274.25 $37.90 – $958.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $240.00 $116.31 – $958.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $66.40 $20.09 – $74.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,240.99 $85.16 – $846.64
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,240.99 $85.16 – $329.04

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