Facial nerve function test 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

$665.22

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.

$1,187.90

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.

$73.29 with blue cross blue shield vs $1,187.90 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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) $73.29 ↓ -89%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $187.84 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $190.75 ↓ -71%
medicaid medicaid ma (d) $205.72 ↓ -69%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (d) $205.72 ↓ -69%
allina aetna medicare (d) allina aetna medicare (d) $211.40 ↓ -68%
hennepin health scha pmap (d) $211.89 ↓ -68%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $212.45 ↓ -68%
medicare other all other medicare (d) $222.53 ↓ -67%
medicare medicare (d) $222.53 ↓ -67%
medica medica medicare (d) $231.43 ↓ -65%
bcbs bc medicare (d) $233.66 ↓ -65%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $239.01 ↓ -64%
scha msho (d) scha msho (d) $243.09 ↓ -63%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $249.92 ↓ -62%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $268.27 ↓ -60%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $282.39 ↓ -58%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $527.78 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $557.48 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $605.83 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $704.19 ↑ +6%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $779.57 ↑ +17%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $804.17 ↑ +21%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $818.46 ↑ +23%
medica ubh (d) medica ubh (d) $831.53 ↑ +25%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $870.49 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $876.55 ↑ +32%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $908.86 ↑ +37%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $908.86 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $916.35 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $956.50 ↑ +44%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $997.84 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $997.84 ↑ +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) $1,187.90 ↑ +79%

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Facial nerve function test at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $867.60 $59.39 – $309.83
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $665.22 $73.29 – $876.55
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $867.60 $59.39 – $779.57
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $665.22 $73.29 – $876.55
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $867.60 $59.39 – $309.83
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $665.22 $73.29 – $804.17
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $665.22 $93.80 – $552.89
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $326.96 – $326.96

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