Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance 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

$241.92

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.

$432.00

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.

$65.13 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $460.43 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) $65.13 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $119.49 ↓ -51%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $143.82 ↓ -41%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $151.91 ↓ -37%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $165.09 ↓ -32%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $191.89 ↓ -21%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $219.14 ↓ -9%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $223.03 ↓ -8%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $226.59 ↓ -6%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $237.21 ↓ -2%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $238.86 ↓ -1%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $247.66 ↑ +2%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $247.66 ↑ +2%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $249.70 ↑ +3%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $258.96 ↑ +7%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $260.64 ↑ +8%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $271.91 ↑ +12%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $271.91 ↑ +12%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $306.27 ↑ +27%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $311.03 ↑ +29%
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) $323.70 ↑ +34%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $346.38 ↑ +43%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $355.53 ↑ +47%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $355.53 ↑ +47%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $365.34 ↑ +51%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $380.16 ↑ +57%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $383.97 ↑ +59%
medicare medicare (o) $384.57 ↑ +59%
medica medica medicare (o) $395.37 ↑ +63%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $399.17 ↑ +65%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $407.49 ↑ +68%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $437.41 ↑ +81%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $460.43 ↑ +90%

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Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $380.80 $115.24 – $428.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $556.80 $226.44 – $626.40
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $302.40 $146.55 – $340.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $160.80 $96.84 – $444.41
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $160.80 $96.84 – $779.57
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $241.92 $119.49 – $420.11
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $160.80 $96.84 – $444.41
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $241.92 $119.49 – $403.80

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