Conversion ext bil drg cath 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

$1,747.03

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.

$3,119.70

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.

$506.62 with blue cross blue shield vs $10,768.00 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
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $506.62 ↓ -71%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $627.68 ↓ -64%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $1,085.64 ↓ -38%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $1,102.57 ↓ -37%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $1,227.89 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $1,386.08 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $1,444.47 ↓ -17%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $1,464.08 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $1,550.59 ↓ -11%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $1,632.19 ↓ -7%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $1,849.36 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $2,111.94 ↑ +21%
medica ubh (d) medica ubh (d) $2,183.79 ↑ +25%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $2,302.02 ↑ +32%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $2,406.54 ↑ +38%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $2,620.55 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $2,620.55 ↑ +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) $3,119.70 ↑ +79%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $3,367.00 ↑ +93%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (d) $3,411.25 ↑ +95%
medicaid medicaid ma (d) $3,411.25 ↑ +95%
allina aetna medicare (d) allina aetna medicare (d) $3,505.41 ↑ +101%
hennepin health scha pmap (d) $3,513.59 ↑ +101%
medicare other all other medicare (d) $3,689.91 ↑ +111%
medicare medicare (d) $3,689.91 ↑ +111%
medica medica medicare (d) $3,837.51 ↑ +120%
bcbs bc medicare (d) $3,874.41 ↑ +122%
scha msho (d) scha msho (d) $4,030.87 ↑ +131%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $7,048.86 ↑ +303%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $7,359.62 ↑ +321%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $7,359.62 ↑ +321%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $7,746.00 ↑ +343%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $8,835.21 ↑ +406%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $10,768.00 ↑ +516%

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Conversion ext bil drg cath at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $2,725.68 $459.74 – $5,889.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,747.03 $506.62 – $7,359.62
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $2,725.68 $459.74 – $8,835.21
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,747.03 $506.62 – $7,359.62
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $2,725.68 $459.74 – $5,889.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,747.03 $506.62 – $7,359.62
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $1,747.03 $495.59 – $3,689.91
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $3,705.51 – $3,705.51

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