Reticulocyte automated 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

$43.01

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.

$76.80

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.

$3.71 with allina aetna medicare (o) vs $41.70 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
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $3.71 ↓ -91%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $3.75 ↓ -91%
medicare medicare (o) $3.91 ↓ -91%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $3.91 ↓ -91%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $3.99 ↓ -91%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $3.99 ↓ -91%
medica medica medicare (o) $4.07 ↓ -91%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $4.11 ↓ -90%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $4.31 ↓ -90%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $7.70 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $7.82 ↓ -82%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $8.39 ↓ -80%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $8.70 ↓ -80%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $10.24 ↓ -76%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $10.99 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $11.56 ↓ -73%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $18.53 ↓ -57%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $19.57 ↓ -54%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $21.27 ↓ -51%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $24.72 ↓ -43%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $28.23 ↓ -34%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $28.73 ↓ -33%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $29.19 ↓ -32%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $30.56 ↓ -29%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $30.77 ↓ -28%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $31.90 ↓ -26%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $31.90 ↓ -26%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $32.17 ↓ -25%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $33.36 ↓ -22%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $33.58 ↓ -22%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $35.03 ↓ -19%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $35.03 ↓ -19%
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) $41.70 ↓ -3%

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Reticulocyte automated at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $57.60 $17.43 – $64.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $103.20 $31.23 – $116.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $27.20 $8.23 – $30.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $103.20 $31.23 – $116.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $70.40 $30.23 – $79.20
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $70.40 $30.23 – $79.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $46.99 $2.61 – $7.08
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $46.99 $2.61 – $13.20

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