Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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

$140.11

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.

$250.20

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.

$39.29 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $229.70 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $39.29 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $39.60 ↓ -72%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $40.55 ↓ -71%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $46.22 ↓ -67%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $46.23 ↓ -67%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $47.77 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $49.62 ↓ -65%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $50.28 ↓ -64%
medicare medicare (o) $50.28 ↓ -64%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $51.26 ↓ -63%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $51.26 ↓ -63%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $52.23 ↓ -63%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $52.23 ↓ -63%
medica medica medicare (o) $52.29 ↓ -63%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $52.79 ↓ -62%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $55.36 ↓ -60%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $102.06 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $107.80 ↓ -23%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $117.15 ↓ -16%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $136.17 ↓ -3%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $155.50 ↑ +11%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $158.26 ↑ +13%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $160.79 ↑ +15%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $168.32 ↑ +20%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $169.50 ↑ +21%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $175.74 ↑ +25%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $175.74 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $177.19 ↑ +26%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $183.76 ↑ +31%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $184.95 ↑ +32%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $192.95 ↑ +38%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $192.95 ↑ +38%
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) $229.70 ↑ +64%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $124.80 $66.00 – $140.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $124.80 $66.00 – $140.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $124.80 $66.00 – $140.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $124.80 $54.91 – $140.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $124.80 $60.84 – $140.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $124.80 $59.28 – $140.40
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $124.80 $59.28 – $140.40
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $141.36 $39.29 – $73.20

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