F-18 fdg pet diag 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

$431.03

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.

$769.70

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.

$154.86 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $982.29 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) $154.86 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $318.35 ↓ -26%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $341.98 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $361.22 ↓ -16%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $384.85 ↓ -11%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $392.55 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $456.28 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $521.06 ↑ +21%
medica ubh (d) medica ubh (d) $538.79 ↑ +25%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $564.04 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $567.96 ↑ +32%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $588.90 ↑ +37%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $588.90 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $593.75 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $619.76 ↑ +44%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $646.55 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $646.55 ↑ +50%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $653.50 ↑ +52%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $663.58 ↑ +54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $738.96 ↑ +71%
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) $769.70 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $869.33 ↑ +102%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $933.15 ↑ +116%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $982.29 ↑ +128%

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F-18 fdg pet diag at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $371.20 $112.33 – $417.60
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $371.20 $1.02 – $417.60
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $371.20 $1.00 – $417.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $369.46 $221.65 – $623.12
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $431.03 $318.35 – $738.96
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $369.46 $221.65 – $623.12
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $431.03 $318.35 – $738.96
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $397.26 $310.53 – $920.66

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