Stenger test speech 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

$171.36

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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.

$306.00

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.

$15.40 with blue cross blue shield vs $399.17 with bcbs — 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
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $15.40 ↓ -91%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $31.63 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $32.12 ↓ -81%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $35.76 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $42.07 ↓ -75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $45.16 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $47.54 ↓ -72%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $61.57 ↓ -64%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $135.96 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $143.61 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $156.06 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $181.40 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $207.15 ↑ +21%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $210.83 ↑ +23%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $214.20 ↑ +25%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $224.24 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $225.80 ↑ +32%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $234.12 ↑ +37%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $234.12 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $236.05 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $244.80 ↑ +43%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $246.39 ↑ +44%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $257.04 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $257.04 ↑ +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) $306.00 ↑ +79%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $355.53 ↑ +107%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $355.53 ↑ +107%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $365.34 ↑ +113%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $380.16 ↑ +122%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $383.97 ↑ +124%
medicare medicare (o) $384.57 ↑ +124%
medica medica medicare (o) $395.37 ↑ +131%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $399.17 ↑ +133%

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