Ventilator each subsequent day 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

$853.22

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.

$1,523.60

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.

$166.52 with blue cross blue shield vs $1,523.60 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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) $166.52 ↓ -80%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $306.55 ↓ -64%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $356.84 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $362.41 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $403.61 ↓ -53%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $474.80 ↓ -44%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $509.67 ↓ -40%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $536.50 ↓ -37%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $588.59 ↓ -31%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $588.59 ↓ -31%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $604.86 ↓ -29%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $629.39 ↓ -26%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $635.68 ↓ -25%
medicare medicare (o) $636.69 ↓ -25%
medica medica medicare (o) $654.57 ↓ -23%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $660.86 ↓ -23%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $676.94 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $715.03 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $777.04 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $903.19 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $1,031.43 ↑ +21%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $1,049.76 ↑ +23%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $1,066.52 ↑ +25%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $1,116.49 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $1,124.26 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $1,165.71 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $1,165.71 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $1,175.31 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $1,218.88 ↑ +43%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $1,226.80 ↑ +44%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,279.82 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $1,279.82 ↑ +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) $1,523.60 ↑ +79%

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Ventilator each subsequent day at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,309.60 $396.32 – $1,473.30
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,047.20 $316.91 – $1,178.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,148.00 $347.41 – $1,291.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,047.20 $402.38 – $794.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,348.00 $461.86 – $1,516.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $946.40 $406.36 – $1,064.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $946.40 $406.36 – $1,064.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,178.74 $151.11 – $735.74

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