Red blood cells each unit at Owatonna Hospital
2250 NW 26th St, Owatonna, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1528025632
$1,138.09
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.
$2,032.30
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.
$101.22 with all other medicaid vs $2,032.30 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.
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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| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (o) | $101.22 | ↓ -91% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (o) | $101.22 | ↓ -91% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (o) | $109.32 | ↓ -90% |
| allina aetna medicare (o) | allina aetna medicare (o) | $140.75 | ↓ -88% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (o) | $148.16 | ↓ -87% |
| medicare | medicare (o) | $148.16 | ↓ -87% |
| medica | medica medicare (o) | $154.09 | ↓ -86% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (o) | $155.57 | ↓ -86% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $178.53 | ↓ -84% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $382.56 | ↓ -66% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $388.53 | ↓ -66% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $408.90 | ↓ -64% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $432.69 | ↓ -62% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $509.01 | ↓ -55% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $546.40 | ↓ -52% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $575.16 | ↓ -49% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $902.95 | ↓ -21% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $953.76 | ↓ -16% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $1,036.47 | ↓ -9% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $1,204.75 | ↑ +6% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $1,375.81 | ↑ +21% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $1,400.25 | ↑ +23% |
| medica ubh (o) | medica ubh (o) | $1,422.61 | ↑ +25% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $1,489.27 | ↑ +31% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $1,499.63 | ↑ +32% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $1,554.91 | ↑ +37% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $1,554.91 | ↑ +37% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,567.72 | ↑ +38% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (o) | $1,625.84 | ↑ +43% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $1,636.41 | ↑ +44% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,707.13 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,707.13 | ↑ +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) | $2,032.30 | ↑ +79% |
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Red blood cells each unit at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $476.00 | $144.05 – $535.50 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $507.20 | $153.49 – $570.60 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $430.40 | $137.10 – $484.20 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $433.60 | $136.65 – $487.80 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $507.20 | $153.49 – $570.60 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $926.11 | $101.22 – $353.42 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $926.11 | $101.22 – $361.30 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $1,138.09 | $101.22 – $1,499.63 |