Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at Owatonna Hospital
2250 NW 26th St, Owatonna, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1528025632
$1,395.13
Cash price 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.
$2,491.30
Gross charge 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.
$375.66 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $3,760.00 with medica health system — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $375.66 | ↓ -73% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $426.66 | ↓ -69% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (o) | $597.67 | ↓ -57% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (o) | $597.67 | ↓ -57% |
| allina aetna medicare (o) | allina aetna medicare (o) | $614.17 | ↓ -56% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (o) | $639.08 | ↓ -54% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (o) | $645.48 | ↓ -54% |
| medicare | medicare (o) | $646.49 | ↓ -54% |
| medica | medica medicare (o) | $664.64 | ↓ -52% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (o) | $671.03 | ↓ -52% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $829.55 | ↓ -41% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $875.84 | ↓ -37% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $876.23 | ↓ -37% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $889.37 | ↓ -36% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $990.38 | ↓ -29% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $1,106.82 | ↓ -21% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $1,165.11 | ↓ -16% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $1,250.65 | ↓ -10% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $1,263.97 | ↓ -9% |
| medica ubh (o) | medica ubh (o) | $1,306.97 | ↓ -6% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $1,316.50 | ↓ -6% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $1,377.73 | ↓ -1% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,440.28 | ↑ +3% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (o) | $1,493.68 | ↑ +7% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,568.36 | ↑ +12% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,568.36 | ↑ +12% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $1,769.00 | ↑ +27% |
| 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) | $1,867.10 | ↑ +34% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $3,161.00 | ↑ +127% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $3,421.60 | ↑ +145% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $3,572.45 | ↑ +156% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $3,572.45 | ↑ +156% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $3,760.00 | ↑ +170% |
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Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $1,907.20 | $577.17 – $2,145.60 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $1,754.40 | $530.93 – $1,973.70 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $1,852.00 | $560.46 – $2,083.50 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,778.40 | $538.19 – $2,000.70 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,852.00 | $453.20 – $2,083.50 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,392.00 | $452.45 – $1,050.30 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $1,754.40 | $530.93 – $1,973.70 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,502.40 | $645.09 – $1,690.20 |