Culture afb any source 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

$52.75

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.

$94.20

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.

$10.05 with allina aetna medicare (o) vs $79.77 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
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $10.05 ↓ -81%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $10.58 ↓ -80%
medicare medicare (o) $10.58 ↓ -80%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $10.79 ↓ -80%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $10.79 ↓ -80%
medica medica medicare (o) $11.00 ↓ -79%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $11.11 ↓ -79%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $11.31 ↓ -79%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $11.65 ↓ -78%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $20.71 ↓ -61%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $24.97 ↓ -53%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $26.37 ↓ -50%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $28.66 ↓ -46%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $33.32 ↓ -37%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $38.05 ↓ -28%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $38.72 ↓ -27%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $39.34 ↓ -25%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $41.18 ↓ -22%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $41.47 ↓ -21%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $43.00 ↓ -18%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $43.00 ↓ -18%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $43.35 ↓ -18%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $44.96 ↓ -15%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $45.25 ↓ -14%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $47.21 ↓ -11%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $47.21 ↓ -11%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $53.05 ↑ +1%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $53.88 ↑ +2%
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) $56.20 ↑ +7%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $60.01 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $70.59 ↑ +34%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $75.78 ↑ +44%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $79.77 ↑ +51%

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