X-ray exam of jaw joint 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

$139.38

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.

$248.90

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.

$50.08 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $336.00 with united healthcare (bdohsv) — 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) $50.08 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $69.64 ↓ -50%
medicaid medicaid ma (o) $82.91 ↓ -41%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (o) $82.91 ↓ -41%
allina aetna medicare (o) allina aetna medicare (o) $85.21 ↓ -39%
medicare other all other medicare (o) $88.66 ↓ -36%
south country health alliance scha pmap (o) $89.54 ↓ -36%
medicare medicare (o) $89.69 ↓ -36%
medica medica medicare (o) $92.21 ↓ -34%
bcbs bc medicare (o) $93.09 ↓ -33%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $110.59 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $116.81 ↓ -16%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $147.55 ↑ +6%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $164.00 ↑ +18%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $168.50 ↑ +21%
medica ubh (o) medica ubh (o) $174.23 ↑ +25%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $178.48 ↑ +28%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $181.25 ↑ +30%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $183.66 ↑ +32%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $192.00 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (o) $199.12 ↑ +43%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $201.86 ↑ +45%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $209.08 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $209.08 ↑ +50%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $237.47 ↑ +70%
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) $248.90 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $254.91 ↑ +83%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $268.32 ↑ +93%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $283.92 ↑ +104%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $296.43 ↑ +113%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $296.43 ↑ +113%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $312.00 ↑ +124%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $336.00 ↑ +141%

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X-ray exam of jaw joint at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $375.20 $92.45 – $422.10
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $287.20 $86.91 – $323.10
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $287.20 $65.56 – $323.10
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $252.00 $66.97 – $283.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $375.20 $92.45 – $422.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $372.00 $92.45 – $418.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $372.00 $92.45 – $418.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $138.62 $56.44 – $331.00

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