Measurement post void urine by ultrasound 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

$49.39

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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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$88.20

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.

$16.90 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $235.09 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.

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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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $16.90 ↓ -66%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $37.32 ↓ -24%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $39.42 ↓ -20%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $42.84 ↓ -13%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $49.80 ↑ +1%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $56.21 ↑ +14%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $56.21 ↑ +14%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $56.87 ↑ +15%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $57.76 ↑ +17%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $58.80 ↑ +19%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $60.10 ↑ +22%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $60.71 ↑ +23%
medicare medicare (o) $60.80 ↑ +23%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $61.56 ↑ +25%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $61.98 ↑ +25%
medica medica medicare (o) $62.50 ↑ +27%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $63.11 ↑ +28%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $64.27 ↑ +30%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $64.27 ↑ +30%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $64.80 ↑ +31%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $67.20 ↑ +36%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $67.64 ↑ +37%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $70.56 ↑ +43%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $70.56 ↑ +43%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $76.19 ↑ +54%
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) $84.00 ↑ +70%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $156.41 ↑ +217%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $158.82 ↑ +222%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $176.86 ↑ +258%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $199.00 ↑ +303%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $208.06 ↑ +321%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $223.33 ↑ +352%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $235.09 ↑ +376%

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Measurement post void urine by ultrasound at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $188.00 $28.81 – $107.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $190.40 $57.62 – $214.20
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $178.40 $53.99 – $200.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $185.60 $56.17 – $208.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $187.20 $56.65 – $210.60
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $178.40 $44.13 – $200.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $192.80 $45.08 – $216.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $190.40 $57.62 – $214.20

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