Lung Function Test Before and After an Inhaler 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

$419.72

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.

$749.50

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.

$119.49 with blue cross blue shield vs $779.57 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
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $119.49 ↓ -72%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $150.80 ↓ -64%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $306.27 ↓ -27%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $311.03 ↓ -26%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $333.00 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $346.38 ↓ -17%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $351.74 ↓ -16%
medicaid medicaid ma (d) $355.53 ↓ -15%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (d) $355.53 ↓ -15%
allina aetna medicare (d) allina aetna medicare (d) $365.34 ↓ -13%
hennepin health scha pmap (d) $366.20 ↓ -13%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $382.25 ↓ -9%
medicare medicare (d) $384.57 ↓ -8%
medicare other all other medicare (d) $384.57 ↓ -8%
medica medica medicare (d) $399.95 ↓ -5%
bcbs bc medicare (d) $403.80 ↓ -4%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $407.49 ↓ -3%
scha msho (d) scha msho (d) $420.11 ↑ +0%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $437.41 ↑ +4%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $444.30 ↑ +6%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $460.43 ↑ +10%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $507.39 ↑ +21%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $516.41 ↑ +23%
medica ubh (d) medica ubh (d) $524.65 ↑ +25%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $549.23 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $553.05 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $573.44 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $573.44 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $578.16 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $603.50 ↑ +44%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $629.58 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $629.58 ↑ +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) $749.50 ↑ +79%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $779.57 ↑ +86%

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Lung Function Test Before and After an Inhaler at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $688.80 $208.45 – $774.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $663.20 $200.70 – $746.10
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $630.40 $190.77 – $709.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $450.40 $136.30 – $506.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $646.40 $226.44 – $727.20
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $347.20 $168.26 – $390.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $663.20 $200.70 – $746.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $395.20 $169.69 – $444.60

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