Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour 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

$116.14

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.

$207.40

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.

$41.73 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $460.43 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) $41.73 ↓ -64%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $92.15 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $97.33 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $105.77 ↓ -9%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $119.49 ↑ +3%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $122.95 ↑ +6%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $126.76 ↑ +9%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $126.76 ↑ +9%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $130.26 ↑ +12%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $135.55 ↑ +17%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $136.90 ↑ +18%
medicare medicare (o) $137.12 ↑ +18%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $140.40 ↑ +21%
medica medica medicare (o) $140.97 ↑ +21%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $142.33 ↑ +23%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $142.90 ↑ +23%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $145.18 ↑ +25%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $151.98 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $153.04 ↑ +32%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $158.68 ↑ +37%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $158.68 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $159.99 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $165.92 ↑ +43%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $167.00 ↑ +44%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $174.22 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $174.22 ↑ +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) $207.40 ↑ +79%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $306.27 ↑ +164%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $311.03 ↑ +168%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $346.38 ↑ +198%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $407.49 ↑ +251%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $437.41 ↑ +277%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $460.43 ↑ +296%

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Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $257.60 $77.96 – $289.80
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $260.00 $92.16 – $292.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $300.00 $94.15 – $337.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $240.00 $103.05 – $270.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $240.00 $103.05 – $270.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $160.46 $96.84 – $274.91
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $160.46 $96.84 – $322.71
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $116.14 $119.49 – $346.38

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