Heparin assay at Owatonna Hospital
2250 NW 26th St, Owatonna, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1528025632
$89.71
Cash price 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.
$160.20
Gross charge 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.
$12.19 with allina aetna medicare (o) vs $121.70 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| allina aetna medicare (o) | allina aetna medicare (o) | $12.19 | ↓ -86% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $12.29 | ↓ -86% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (o) | $12.83 | ↓ -86% |
| medicare | medicare (o) | $12.83 | ↓ -86% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (o) | $13.08 | ↓ -85% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (o) | $13.08 | ↓ -85% |
| medica | medica medicare (o) | $13.34 | ↓ -85% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (o) | $13.47 | ↓ -85% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (o) | $14.13 | ↓ -84% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $24.49 | ↓ -73% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $25.23 | ↓ -72% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $25.62 | ↓ -71% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $28.53 | ↓ -68% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $33.56 | ↓ -63% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $36.03 | ↓ -60% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $37.92 | ↓ -58% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $54.07 | ↓ -40% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $57.11 | ↓ -36% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $62.07 | ↓ -31% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $72.14 | ↓ -20% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $82.39 | ↓ -8% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $83.85 | ↓ -7% |
| medica ubh (o) | medica ubh (o) | $85.19 | ↓ -5% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $89.18 | ↓ -1% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $89.80 | ↑ +0% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $93.11 | ↑ +4% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $93.11 | ↑ +4% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $93.88 | ↑ +5% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (o) | $97.36 | ↑ +9% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $97.99 | ↑ +9% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $102.23 | ↑ +14% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $102.23 | ↑ +14% |
| 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) | $121.70 | ↑ +36% |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $155.20 | $46.97 – $174.60 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $151.20 | $45.76 – $170.10 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $48.80 | $14.77 – $54.90 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $156.80 | $47.45 – $176.40 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $151.20 | $45.76 – $170.10 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $166.40 | $71.45 – $187.20 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $166.40 | $71.45 – $187.20 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $76.90 | $8.56 – $23.58 |