Oscillation chest wall mechanical per session 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

$161.34

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$288.10

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.

$41.31 with blue cross blue shield vs $288.10 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $41.31 ↓ -74%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $57.97 ↓ -64%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $105.89 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $107.54 ↓ -33%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $119.77 ↓ -26%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $128.00 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $135.21 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $140.89 ↓ -13%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $146.93 ↓ -9%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $151.23 ↓ -6%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $159.19 ↓ -1%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $170.79 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $195.04 ↑ +21%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $198.50 ↑ +23%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $201.67 ↑ +25%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $208.63 ↑ +29%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $208.63 ↑ +29%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $211.12 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $212.59 ↑ +32%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $214.39 ↑ +33%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $220.43 ↑ +37%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $220.43 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $222.24 ↑ +38%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $223.08 ↑ +38%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $225.32 ↑ +40%
medicare medicare (o) $225.67 ↑ +40%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $230.48 ↑ +43%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $231.98 ↑ +44%
medica medica medicare (o) $232.00 ↑ +44%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $234.23 ↑ +45%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $242.00 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $242.00 ↑ +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) $288.10 ↑ +79%

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Oscillation chest wall mechanical per session at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $196.70 $33.48 – $260.79
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $196.70 $33.48 – $509.19
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $161.34 $41.31 – $246.53
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $117.21 $53.83 – $225.67
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $196.70 $33.48 – $260.79
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $161.34 $41.31 – $236.95
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $161.34 $41.31 – $246.53
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $161.34 $52.88 – $261.75

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