Chromatography 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

$30.69

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.

$54.80

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.

$3.82 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $52.27 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) $3.82 ↓ -88%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $8.44 ↓ -72%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $8.92 ↓ -71%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $9.69 ↓ -68%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $11.26 ↓ -63%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $12.86 ↓ -58%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $13.09 ↓ -57%
medica ubh (d) medica ubh (d) $13.30 ↓ -57%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $13.92 ↓ -55%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $14.02 ↓ -54%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $14.54 ↓ -53%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $14.54 ↓ -53%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $14.66 ↓ -52%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $15.30 ↓ -50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $15.96 ↓ -48%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $15.96 ↓ -48%
allina aetna medicare (d) allina aetna medicare (d) $16.81 ↓ -45%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $16.94 ↓ -45%
medicare other all other medicare (d) $17.70 ↓ -42%
medicare medicare (d) $17.70 ↓ -42%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (d) $18.04 ↓ -41%
medicaid medicaid ma (d) $18.04 ↓ -41%
medica medica medicare (d) $18.41 ↓ -40%
hennepin health scha pmap (d) $18.58 ↓ -39%
bcbs bc medicare (d) $18.59 ↓ -39%
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) $19.00 ↓ -38%
scha msho (d) scha msho (d) $19.47 ↓ -37%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $21.08 ↓ -31%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $34.78 ↑ +13%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $35.31 ↑ +15%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $39.33 ↑ +28%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $46.27 ↑ +51%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $49.66 ↑ +62%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $52.27 ↑ +70%

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Chromatography at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $47.20 $14.28 – $53.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $47.20 $14.28 – $53.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $60.00 $25.76 – $67.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $60.00 $25.76 – $67.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $47.66 $11.80 – $30.36
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $30.69 $12.86 – $39.33
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $47.66 $11.80 – $26.41
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $30.69 $12.86 – $39.33

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