Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 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

$259.67

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.

$463.70

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.

$93.30 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,733.71 with health partners — 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) $93.30 ↓ -64%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $199.00 ↓ -23%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $206.02 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $212.34 ↓ -18%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $217.61 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $236.49 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $274.88 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $313.91 ↑ +21%
medica ubh (d) medica ubh (d) $324.59 ↑ +25%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $339.80 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $342.16 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $354.78 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $354.78 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $357.70 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $373.37 ↑ +44%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $389.51 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $389.51 ↑ +50%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $455.03 ↑ +75%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $462.12 ↑ +78%
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) $463.70 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $514.65 ↑ +98%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $605.42 ↑ +133%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $649.90 ↑ +150%
medicaid medicaid ma (d) $672.53 ↑ +159%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (d) $672.53 ↑ +159%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $684.10 ↑ +163%
allina aetna medicare (d) allina aetna medicare (d) $691.10 ↑ +166%
hennepin health scha pmap (d) $692.71 ↑ +167%
medicare medicare (d) $727.47 ↑ +180%
medicare other all other medicare (d) $727.47 ↑ +180%
medica medica medicare (d) $756.57 ↑ +191%
bcbs bc medicare (d) $763.84 ↑ +194%
scha msho (d) scha msho (d) $794.68 ↑ +206%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,733.71 ↑ +568%

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Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,433.60 $498.90 – $1,612.80
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $384.00 $186.10 – $713.62
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,624.00 $697.31 – $1,827.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,624.00 $697.31 – $1,827.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $471.74 $192.69 – $840.66
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $259.67 $212.34 – $755.09
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $471.74 $192.69 – $1,733.71
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $259.67 $212.34 – $794.68

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