Reticulated platelet assay 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

$33.77

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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.

$60.30

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.

$12.13 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $93.13 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) $12.13 ↓ -64%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $26.79 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $28.30 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $30.18 ↓ -11%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $30.75 ↓ -9%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $33.28 ↓ -1%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $35.03 ↑ +4%
medicare medicare (o) $35.03 ↑ +4%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $35.71 ↑ +6%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $35.71 ↑ +6%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $35.75 ↑ +6%
medica medica medicare (o) $36.43 ↑ +8%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $36.78 ↑ +9%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $38.57 ↑ +14%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $40.82 ↑ +21%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $41.55 ↑ +23%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $42.21 ↑ +25%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $44.19 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $44.50 ↑ +32%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $46.14 ↑ +37%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $46.14 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $46.52 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $48.24 ↑ +43%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $48.55 ↑ +44%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $50.65 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $50.65 ↑ +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) $60.30 ↑ +79%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $61.95 ↑ +83%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $62.91 ↑ +86%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $70.06 ↑ +107%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $82.42 ↑ +144%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $88.46 ↑ +162%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $93.13 ↑ +176%

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Reticulated platelet assay at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $14.69 $21.01 – $54.07
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $14.69 $21.01 – $38.25
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $33.77 $30.18 – $70.06
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $52.08 $31.49 – $87.29
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $14.69 $21.01 – $38.25
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $33.77 $30.18 – $70.06
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $33.77 $30.18 – $70.06
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $33.77 $25.41 – $123.95

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