Mid and Lower Back (Thoracolumbar Spine) X-ray at Owatonna Hospital
2250 NW 26th St, Owatonna, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1528025632
$212.02
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.
$378.60
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.
$50.06 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $336.00 with united healthcare (bdohsv) — 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) | $50.06 | ↓ -76% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $69.64 | ↓ -67% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (o) | $82.91 | ↓ -61% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (o) | $82.91 | ↓ -61% |
| allina aetna medicare (o) | allina aetna medicare (o) | $85.21 | ↓ -60% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (o) | $88.66 | ↓ -58% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (o) | $89.54 | ↓ -58% |
| medicare | medicare (o) | $89.69 | ↓ -58% |
| medica | medica medicare (o) | $92.21 | ↓ -57% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (o) | $93.09 | ↓ -56% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $110.54 | ↓ -48% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $116.76 | ↓ -45% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $147.49 | ↓ -30% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $164.00 | ↓ -23% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $168.43 | ↓ -21% |
| medica ubh (o) | medica ubh (o) | $174.16 | ↓ -18% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $178.48 | ↓ -16% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $181.25 | ↓ -15% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $183.59 | ↓ -13% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $191.92 | ↓ -9% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (o) | $199.04 | ↓ -6% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $201.86 | ↓ -5% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $208.99 | ↓ -1% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $208.99 | ↓ -1% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $237.47 | ↑ +12% |
| 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) | $248.80 | ↑ +17% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $254.91 | ↑ +20% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $268.32 | ↑ +27% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $283.92 | ↑ +34% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $296.43 | ↑ +40% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $296.43 | ↑ +40% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $312.00 | ↑ +47% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $336.00 | ↑ +58% |
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Mid and Lower Back (Thoracolumbar Spine) X-ray at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $383.20 | $92.45 – $431.10 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $442.40 | $92.45 – $497.70 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $385.60 | $92.45 – $433.80 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $388.00 | $92.45 – $436.50 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $385.60 | $65.56 – $433.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $371.20 | $66.97 – $417.60 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $442.40 | $92.45 – $497.70 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $248.80 | $92.45 – $279.90 |