Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at Owatonna Hospital
2250 NW 26th St, Owatonna, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1528025632
$45.19
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.
$80.70
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.
$12.53 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $68.69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $12.53 | ↓ -72% |
| allina aetna medicare (o) | allina aetna medicare (o) | $15.70 | ↓ -65% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (o) | $16.53 | ↓ -63% |
| medicare | medicare (o) | $16.53 | ↓ -63% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (o) | $16.85 | ↓ -63% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (o) | $16.85 | ↓ -63% |
| medica | medica medicare (o) | $17.19 | ↓ -62% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (o) | $17.36 | ↓ -62% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $17.83 | ↓ -61% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (o) | $18.20 | ↓ -60% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $27.68 | ↓ -39% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $29.24 | ↓ -35% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $31.77 | ↓ -30% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $36.93 | ↓ -18% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $42.18 | ↓ -7% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $42.92 | ↓ -5% |
| medica ubh (o) | medica ubh (o) | $43.61 | ↓ -3% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $45.65 | ↑ +1% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $45.70 | ↑ +1% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $45.97 | ↑ +2% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $46.40 | ↑ +3% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $47.67 | ↑ +5% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $47.67 | ↑ +5% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $48.06 | ↑ +6% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (o) | $49.84 | ↑ +10% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $50.16 | ↑ +11% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $51.68 | ↑ +14% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $52.33 | ↑ +16% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $52.33 | ↑ +16% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $60.79 | ↑ +35% |
| 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) | $62.30 | ↑ +38% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $65.26 | ↑ +44% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $68.69 | ↑ +52% |
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Mayo carnitine total and free quantitative each specimen plasma at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $52.00 | $15.74 – $58.50 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $50.40 | $15.25 – $56.70 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $50.40 | $15.25 – $56.70 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $47.20 | $20.27 – $53.10 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $47.20 | $20.27 – $53.10 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $38.74 | $14.45 – $41.02 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $38.74 | $14.45 – $57.23 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $45.19 | $15.70 – $51.68 |