Lumbar diskogram s&i at Owatonna Hospital
2250 NW 26th St, Owatonna, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1528025632
$1,049.22
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.
$1,873.60
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.
$164.00 with medica health system vs $2,088.83 with bcbs — 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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| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $164.00 | ↓ -84% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $283.92 | ↓ -73% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $296.43 | ↓ -72% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $296.43 | ↓ -72% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $305.08 | ↓ -71% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $312.00 | ↓ -70% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $336.00 | ↓ -68% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $376.97 | ↓ -64% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $781.95 | ↓ -25% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $794.09 | ↓ -24% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $832.44 | ↓ -21% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $879.28 | ↓ -16% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $884.37 | ↓ -16% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $1,040.36 | ↓ -1% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $1,110.67 | ↑ +6% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $1,116.77 | ↑ +6% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $1,175.55 | ↑ +12% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $1,268.37 | ↑ +21% |
| medica ubh (o) | medica ubh (o) | $1,311.52 | ↑ +25% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $1,382.52 | ↑ +32% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,445.30 | ↑ +38% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (o) | $1,498.88 | ↑ +43% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,573.82 | ↑ +50% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,573.82 | ↑ +50% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (o) | $1,860.47 | ↑ +77% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (o) | $1,860.47 | ↑ +77% |
| 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) | $1,873.60 | ↑ +79% |
| allina aetna medicare (o) | allina aetna medicare (o) | $1,911.83 | ↑ +82% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (o) | $1,989.36 | ↑ +90% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (o) | $2,009.31 | ↑ +92% |
| medicare | medicare (o) | $2,012.45 | ↑ +92% |
| medica | medica medicare (o) | $2,068.93 | ↑ +97% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (o) | $2,088.83 | ↑ +99% |
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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $3,970.40 | $1,392.92 – $4,466.70 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $568.03 | $180.00 – $2,325.59 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $568.03 | $180.00 – $4,888.74 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $1,049.22 | $164.00 – $2,198.41 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $568.03 | $180.00 – $2,325.59 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $1,049.22 | $164.00 – $2,113.07 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $1,049.22 | $164.00 – $2,198.41 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $1,049.22 | $390.47 – $2,012.45 |