MRA without cont, lwr ext 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

$1,648.42

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.

$2,943.60

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.

$163.43 with blue cross blue shield vs $2,943.60 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) $163.43 ↓ -90%
medicaid medicaid ma (d) $219.15 ↓ -87%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (d) $219.15 ↓ -87%
hennepin health scha pmap (d) $225.72 ↓ -86%
allina aetna medicare (d) allina aetna medicare (d) $233.60 ↓ -86%
medicare medicare (d) $245.90 ↓ -85%
medicare other all other medicare (d) $245.90 ↓ -85%
medica medica medicare (d) $255.74 ↓ -84%
bcbs bc medicare (d) $258.19 ↓ -84%
scha msho (d) scha msho (d) $268.62 ↓ -84%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $335.50 ↓ -80%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $340.67 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $379.37 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $446.30 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $479.07 ↓ -71%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $504.29 ↓ -69%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $592.25 ↓ -64%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $605.14 ↓ -63%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $796.00 ↓ -52%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $816.44 ↓ -50%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $889.92 ↓ -46%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $1,157.52 ↓ -30%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $1,208.55 ↓ -27%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $1,208.55 ↓ -27%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $1,272.00 ↓ -23%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $1,307.84 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $1,381.43 ↓ -16%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $1,744.97 ↑ +6%
medica ubh (d) medica ubh (d) $2,060.52 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $2,270.69 ↑ +38%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $2,330.00 ↑ +41%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $2,472.62 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $2,472.62 ↑ +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) $2,943.60 ↑ +79%

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MRA without cont, lwr ext at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $822.72 $113.79 – $1,474.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,648.42 $163.43 – $889.92
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $822.72 $113.79 – $1,474.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,648.42 $163.43 – $889.92
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $822.72 $113.79 – $1,474.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,648.42 $163.43 – $816.44
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $1,648.42 $167.49 – $1,370.05
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $253.81 – $253.81

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