Hc i-131 sodium iodide cap dx per mci 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

$24.75

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.

$44.20

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.

$8.89 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $935.65 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $8.89 ↓ -64%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $19.64 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $20.74 ↓ -16%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $22.10 ↓ -11%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $22.54 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $26.20 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $29.92 ↑ +21%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $30.94 ↑ +25%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $32.39 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $32.62 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $33.82 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $33.82 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $34.10 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $35.36 ↑ +43%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $35.59 ↑ +44%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $37.13 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $37.13 ↑ +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) $44.20 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $290.43 ↑ +1073%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $622.35 ↑ +2415%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $632.05 ↑ +2454%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $703.89 ↑ +2744%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $828.04 ↑ +3246%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $888.88 ↑ +3491%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $935.65 ↑ +3680%

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Hc i-131 sodium iodide cap dx per mci at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $21.22 $263.54 – $628.16
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $21.22 $263.54 – $628.16
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $24.75 $29.92 – $703.89
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $22.18 $17.33 – $874.50
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $21.22 $263.54 – $628.16
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $24.75 $29.92 – $703.89
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $24.75 $29.92 – $703.89
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $24.75 $18.71 – $1,242.01

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