Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) 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

$29.09

Cash price

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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.

$51.95

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $42.70 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
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $1.85 ↓ -94%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $2.09 ↓ -93%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $2.46 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $2.64 ↓ -91%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $2.78 ↓ -90%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $2.78 ↓ -90%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $3.14 ↓ -89%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $8.59 ↓ -70%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $18.97 ↓ -35%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $20.04 ↓ -31%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $21.78 ↓ -25%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $25.31 ↓ -13%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $28.91 ↓ -1%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $29.89 ↑ +3%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $30.62 ↑ +5%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $31.51 ↑ +8%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $31.97 ↑ +10%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $31.97 ↑ +10%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $32.94 ↑ +13%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $33.65 ↑ +16%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $34.16 ↑ +17%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $35.87 ↑ +23%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $35.87 ↑ +23%
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) $42.70 ↑ +47%

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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $86.40 $19.61 – $72.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $80.00 $18.16 – $67.50
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $15.60 $3.86 – $14.35
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $40.00 $6.05 – $22.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $70.79 $14.28 – $53.09
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $13.51 $1.02 – $14.63
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $75.59 $1.00 – $39.89
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $80.00 $18.16 – $67.50

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