Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at Cambridge Medical Center

701 Dellwood St S, Cambridge, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1568427383

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 16, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$1,004.25

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,793.30

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$152.05 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,207.66 with blue cross blue shield — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $152.05 ↓ -85%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $199.00 ↓ -80%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (d) $292.45 ↓ -71%
medicaid medicaid ma (d) $292.45 ↓ -71%
allina aetna medicare (d) allina aetna medicare (d) $300.52 ↓ -70%
hennepin health scha pmap (d) $301.22 ↓ -70%
medicare medicare (d) $316.34 ↓ -68%
medicare other all other medicare (d) $316.34 ↓ -68%
medica medica medicare (d) $328.99 ↓ -67%
bcbs bc medicare (d) $332.16 ↓ -67%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $335.76 ↓ -67%
scha msho (d) scha msho (d) $345.56 ↓ -66%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $354.65 ↓ -65%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $385.41 ↓ -62%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $391.39 ↓ -61%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $447.98 ↓ -55%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $511.59 ↓ -49%
medica ubh (d) medica ubh (d) $528.99 ↓ -47%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $553.78 ↓ -45%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $557.63 ↓ -44%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $578.19 ↓ -42%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $578.19 ↓ -42%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $582.95 ↓ -42%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $608.49 ↓ -39%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $634.79 ↓ -37%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $634.79 ↓ -37%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $739.02 ↓ -26%
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) $755.70 ↓ -25%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $803.44 ↓ -20%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $815.84 ↓ -19%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $908.50 ↓ -10%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $1,068.80 ↑ +6%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $1,147.26 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $1,207.66 ↑ +20%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $726.40 $219.83 – $817.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $700.00 $211.84 – $787.50
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $657.60 $199.01 – $739.80
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $508.80 $153.98 – $572.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $657.60 $213.67 – $739.80
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $488.80 $218.29 – $549.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $700.00 $211.84 – $787.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $610.40 $262.09 – $686.70

All Minnesota hospitals for this procedure →