ER Visit (level 2) 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

$247.80

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.

$442.50

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.

$89.03 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $613.00 with united healthcare (bdohsv) — 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) $89.03 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $108.91 ↓ -56%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $120.18 ↓ -52%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $120.18 ↓ -52%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $129.79 ↓ -48%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $150.33 ↓ -39%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $156.43 ↓ -37%
medicare medicare (o) $158.24 ↓ -36%
medica medica medicare (o) $162.69 ↓ -34%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $164.25 ↓ -34%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $196.60 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $207.67 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $234.00 ↓ -6%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $262.31 ↑ +6%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $297.60 ↑ +20%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $299.56 ↑ +21%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $302.17 ↑ +22%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $309.75 ↑ +25%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $326.52 ↑ +32%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $336.48 ↑ +36%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $341.34 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $354.00 ↑ +43%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $371.70 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $371.70 ↑ +50%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $395.82 ↑ +60%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $424.06 ↑ +71%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $424.88 ↑ +71%
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) $442.50 ↑ +79%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $442.76 ↑ +79%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $442.76 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $447.26 ↑ +80%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $466.00 ↑ +88%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $613.00 ↑ +147%

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ER Visit (level 2) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $504.80 $152.77 – $567.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $464.00 $140.42 – $522.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $501.60 $151.80 – $564.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $372.00 $112.58 – $418.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $430.40 $130.25 – $484.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $501.60 $117.99 – $564.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $432.80 $120.54 – $486.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $464.00 $140.42 – $522.00

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