Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo at Owatonna Hospital
2250 NW 26th St, Owatonna, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1528025632
$246.29
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.
$439.80
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.
$88.49 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,175.55 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.
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 |
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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $88.49 | ↓ -64% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $164.00 | ↓ -33% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $195.40 | ↓ -21% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $206.40 | ↓ -16% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $260.71 | ↑ +6% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $283.92 | ↑ +15% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $296.43 | ↑ +20% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $296.43 | ↑ +20% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $297.73 | ↑ +21% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $305.08 | ↑ +24% |
| medica ubh (o) | medica ubh (o) | $307.86 | ↑ +25% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $312.00 | ↑ +27% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $324.53 | ↑ +32% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $336.00 | ↑ +36% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $339.26 | ↑ +38% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (o) | $351.84 | ↑ +43% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $369.43 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $369.43 | ↑ +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) | $439.80 | ↑ +79% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $781.96 | ↑ +217% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $794.09 | ↑ +222% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $884.37 | ↑ +259% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $1,040.36 | ↑ +322% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $1,116.77 | ↑ +353% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $1,175.55 | ↑ +377% |
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Intro long gi tube w/mult fluo at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $700.00 | $1.02 – $787.50 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $676.80 | $1.00 – $761.40 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $678.40 | $291.29 – $763.20 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $678.40 | $291.29 – $763.20 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $431.38 | $180.00 – $766.87 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $431.38 | $180.00 – $766.87 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $246.29 | $164.00 – $884.37 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $431.38 | $180.00 – $766.87 |