Pinworm exam 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

$35.95

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.

$64.20

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.

$3.97 with allina aetna medicare (o) vs $51.73 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
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $3.97 ↓ -89%
medicare medicare (o) $4.18 ↓ -88%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $4.18 ↓ -88%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $4.27 ↓ -88%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $4.27 ↓ -88%
medica medica medicare (o) $4.35 ↓ -88%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $4.39 ↓ -88%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $4.61 ↓ -87%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $9.42 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $13.43 ↓ -63%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $20.79 ↓ -42%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $21.96 ↓ -39%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $23.87 ↓ -34%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $27.74 ↓ -23%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $31.68 ↓ -12%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $32.25 ↓ -10%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $32.76 ↓ -9%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $34.30 ↓ -5%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $34.42 ↓ -4%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $34.53 ↓ -4%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $34.95 ↓ -3%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $35.81 ↓ -0%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $35.81 ↓ -0%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $36.10 ↑ +0%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $37.44 ↑ +4%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $37.68 ↑ +5%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $38.93 ↑ +8%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $39.31 ↑ +9%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $39.31 ↑ +9%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $45.79 ↑ +27%
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) $46.80 ↑ +30%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $49.15 ↑ +37%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $51.73 ↑ +44%

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Pinworm exam at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $82.40 $24.94 – $92.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $20.00 $6.05 – $22.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $82.40 $24.94 – $92.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $28.00 $12.02 – $31.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $28.00 $12.02 – $31.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $30.82 $3.97 – $30.90
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $30.82 $3.97 – $14.31
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $35.95 $3.97 – $38.93

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