Small Bowel Barium X-ray (Follow-Through) 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

$417.98

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.

$746.40

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.

$150.18 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,025.66 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) $150.18 ↓ -64%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $164.00 ↓ -61%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $167.11 ↓ -60%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $167.11 ↓ -60%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $171.73 ↓ -59%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $178.69 ↓ -57%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $180.48 ↓ -57%
medicare medicare (o) $180.77 ↓ -57%
medica medica medicare (o) $185.84 ↓ -56%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $187.62 ↓ -55%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $283.92 ↓ -32%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $296.43 ↓ -29%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $296.43 ↓ -29%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $312.00 ↓ -25%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $331.63 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $332.40 ↓ -20%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $336.00 ↓ -20%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $350.29 ↓ -16%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $442.47 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $505.29 ↑ +21%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $522.48 ↑ +25%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $550.77 ↑ +32%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $575.77 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $597.12 ↑ +43%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $626.98 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $626.98 ↑ +50%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $682.36 ↑ +63%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $692.89 ↑ +66%
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) $746.40 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $771.58 ↑ +85%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $907.72 ↑ +117%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $974.36 ↑ +133%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $1,025.66 ↑ +145%

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Small Bowel Barium X-ray (Follow-Through) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $760.80 $186.92 – $855.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $865.60 $186.92 – $973.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $646.40 $186.92 – $727.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $760.80 $132.55 – $855.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $750.40 $135.41 – $844.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $865.60 $186.92 – $973.80
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $545.60 $186.92 – $613.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $545.60 $186.92 – $613.80

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