Core ndl bx lng/med perq 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

$4,417.11

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.

$7,887.70

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.

$354.86 with blue cross blue shield vs $7,887.70 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $354.86 ↓ -92%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $728.47 ↓ -84%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $739.71 ↓ -83%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $823.72 ↓ -81%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $969.06 ↓ -78%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $1,040.20 ↓ -76%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $1,094.97 ↓ -75%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $1,573.57 ↓ -64%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $1,573.57 ↓ -64%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $1,587.01 ↓ -64%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $1,617.00 ↓ -63%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $1,682.59 ↓ -62%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $1,699.46 ↓ -62%
medicare medicare (o) $1,702.11 ↓ -61%
medica medica medicare (o) $1,749.89 ↓ -60%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $1,766.72 ↓ -60%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $2,124.00 ↓ -52%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $3,504.51 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $3,701.70 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $4,095.00 ↓ -7%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $4,275.53 ↓ -3%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $4,275.53 ↓ -3%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $4,314.00 ↓ -2%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $4,500.00 ↑ +2%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $4,675.83 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $5,339.74 ↑ +21%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $5,521.39 ↑ +25%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $5,820.31 ↑ +32%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $6,084.57 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $6,310.16 ↑ +43%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $6,625.67 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $6,625.67 ↑ +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) $7,887.70 ↑ +79%

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Core ndl bx lng/med perq at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,112.80 $1,169.64 – $2,376.90
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $3,312.34 $247.08 – $3,895.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $3,312.34 $247.08 – $4,056.36
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $4,417.11 $354.86 – $5,820.31
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $3,996.05 $370.23 – $5,835.59
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $3,312.34 $247.08 – $3,895.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $4,417.11 $354.86 – $5,339.74
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $4,417.11 $354.86 – $5,339.74

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