Warde zinc 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

$24.19

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.

$43.20

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.

$5.05 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $45.75 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) $5.05 ↓ -79%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $10.60 ↓ -56%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $11.15 ↓ -54%
medicare medicare (o) $11.16 ↓ -54%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $11.16 ↓ -54%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $11.38 ↓ -53%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $11.38 ↓ -53%
medica medica medicare (o) $11.61 ↓ -52%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $11.72 ↓ -52%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $11.78 ↓ -51%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $11.87 ↓ -51%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $12.29 ↓ -49%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $12.80 ↓ -47%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $14.88 ↓ -38%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $16.99 ↓ -30%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $17.29 ↓ -29%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $17.57 ↓ -27%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $18.39 ↓ -24%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $18.52 ↓ -23%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $19.20 ↓ -21%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $19.20 ↓ -21%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $19.36 ↓ -20%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $20.08 ↓ -17%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $20.21 ↓ -16%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $21.08 ↓ -13%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $21.08 ↓ -13%
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) $25.10 ↑ +4%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $30.43 ↑ +26%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $30.91 ↑ +28%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $34.42 ↑ +42%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $40.49 ↑ +67%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $43.47 ↑ +80%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $45.75 ↑ +89%

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Warde zinc at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $55.20 $16.70 – $62.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $67.20 $7.99 – $29.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $40.00 $7.99 – $29.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $40.00 $7.99 – $29.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $67.20 $7.99 – $29.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $104.80 $45.00 – $117.90
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $104.80 $45.00 – $117.90
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $20.74 $9.62 – $27.31

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