Laryngoscopy telescopic 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

$263.76

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$471.00

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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.

$94.77 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,415.29 with blue cross blue shield — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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) $94.77 ↓ -64%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $199.00 ↓ -25%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $209.27 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $221.04 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $240.21 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $279.21 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $318.85 ↑ +21%
medica ubh (d) medica ubh (d) $329.70 ↑ +25%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $345.15 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $347.55 ↑ +32%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $360.36 ↑ +37%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $360.36 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $363.33 ↑ +38%
medicaid medicaid ma (d) $372.64 ↑ +41%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (d) $372.64 ↑ +41%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $379.25 ↑ +44%
allina aetna medicare (d) allina aetna medicare (d) $382.94 ↑ +45%
hennepin health scha pmap (d) $383.82 ↑ +46%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $395.64 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $395.64 ↑ +50%
medicare medicare (d) $403.09 ↑ +53%
medicare other all other medicare (d) $403.09 ↑ +53%
medica medica medicare (d) $419.21 ↑ +59%
bcbs bc medicare (d) $423.24 ↑ +60%
scha msho (d) scha msho (d) $440.33 ↑ +67%
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) $471.00 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $782.76 ↑ +197%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $972.14 ↑ +269%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $1,606.85 ↑ +509%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $1,631.65 ↑ +519%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $1,816.98 ↑ +589%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $2,137.56 ↑ +710%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $2,294.48 ↑ +770%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $2,415.29 ↑ +816%

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Laryngoscopy telescopic at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $376.08 $353.61 – $1,402.37
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $263.76 $318.85 – $1,816.98
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $376.08 $353.61 – $972.14
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $263.76 $318.85 – $1,816.98
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $376.08 $353.61 – $545.01
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $263.76 $318.85 – $1,816.98
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $263.76 $199.29 – $3,214.78
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $407.73 – $407.73

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