Screening prostate cancer PSA 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

$29.23

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.

$52.20

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.

$6.60 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $68.69 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) $6.60 ↓ -77%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $14.57 ↓ -50%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $15.39 ↓ -47%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $16.73 ↓ -43%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $17.83 ↓ -39%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $17.97 ↓ -39%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $18.92 ↓ -35%
medicare medicare (o) $18.92 ↓ -35%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $19.29 ↓ -34%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $19.29 ↓ -34%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $19.44 ↓ -33%
medica medica medicare (o) $19.68 ↓ -33%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $19.87 ↓ -32%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $20.83 ↓ -29%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $22.20 ↓ -24%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $22.60 ↓ -23%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $22.96 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $24.04 ↓ -18%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $24.20 ↓ -17%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $25.10 ↓ -14%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $25.10 ↓ -14%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $25.30 ↓ -13%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $26.24 ↓ -10%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $26.41 ↓ -10%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $27.55 ↓ -6%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $27.55 ↓ -6%
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) $32.80 ↑ +12%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $45.70 ↑ +56%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $46.40 ↑ +59%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $51.68 ↑ +77%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $60.79 ↑ +108%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $65.26 ↑ +123%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $68.69 ↑ +135%

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Screening prostate cancer PSA at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $138.40 $41.88 – $155.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $155.20 $46.97 – $174.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $116.80 $35.35 – $131.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $99.20 $30.02 – $111.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $155.20 $46.97 – $174.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $101.60 $43.62 – $114.30
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $101.60 $43.62 – $114.30
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $31.73 $14.45 – $41.02

All Minnesota hospitals for this procedure →