Eye Socket, Pituitary or Ear CT Scan (with contrast) 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

$1,368.81

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.

$2,444.30

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.

$167.11 with all other medicaid vs $2,444.30 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
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $167.11 ↓ -88%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $167.11 ↓ -88%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $171.73 ↓ -87%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $178.69 ↓ -87%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $180.48 ↓ -87%
medicare medicare (o) $180.77 ↓ -87%
medica medica medicare (o) $185.84 ↓ -86%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $187.62 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $274.31 ↓ -80%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $491.79 ↓ -64%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $563.10 ↓ -59%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $571.80 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $574.00 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $636.75 ↓ -53%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $650.50 ↓ -52%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $709.05 ↓ -48%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $749.10 ↓ -45%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $804.09 ↓ -41%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $846.43 ↓ -38%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $991.90 ↓ -28%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $1,035.63 ↓ -24%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $1,035.63 ↓ -24%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $1,086.00 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $1,090.00 ↓ -20%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $1,147.11 ↓ -16%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $1,364.00 ↓ -0%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $1,448.98 ↑ +6%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $1,711.01 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $1,885.53 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $1,955.44 ↑ +43%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $2,053.21 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $2,053.21 ↑ +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) $2,444.30 ↑ +79%

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Eye Socket, Pituitary or Ear CT Scan (with contrast) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $2,384.80 $186.92 – $2,682.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $2,661.60 $186.92 – $2,994.30
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $2,210.40 $186.92 – $2,486.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $2,416.80 $186.92 – $2,718.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $3,057.60 $186.92 – $3,439.80
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,210.40 $132.55 – $2,486.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $2,497.60 $135.41 – $2,809.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $2,661.60 $186.92 – $2,994.30

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