MRI lower extremity other than joint without & w/contrast (both sides) 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

$3,465.11

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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$6,187.70

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.

$332.39 with medicaid vs $6,187.70 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
medicaid medicaid ma (d) $332.39 ↓ -90%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (d) $332.39 ↓ -90%
allina aetna medicare (d) allina aetna medicare (d) $341.56 ↓ -90%
hennepin health scha pmap (d) $342.36 ↓ -90%
medicare medicare (d) $359.54 ↓ -90%
medicare other all other medicare (d) $359.54 ↓ -90%
medica medica medicare (d) $373.92 ↓ -89%
bcbs bc medicare (d) $377.52 ↓ -89%
scha msho (d) scha msho (d) $392.77 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $570.62 ↓ -84%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $796.00 ↓ -77%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $816.44 ↓ -76%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $889.92 ↓ -74%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $894.08 ↓ -74%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $1,157.52 ↓ -67%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $1,171.37 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $1,189.46 ↓ -66%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $1,208.55 ↓ -65%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $1,208.55 ↓ -65%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $1,244.97 ↓ -64%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $1,272.00 ↓ -63%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $1,324.55 ↓ -62%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $1,558.25 ↓ -55%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $1,672.65 ↓ -52%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $1,760.71 ↓ -49%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $2,330.00 ↓ -33%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $2,749.20 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $2,903.89 ↓ -16%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $3,668.07 ↑ +6%
medica ubh (d) medica ubh (d) $4,331.39 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $4,773.19 ↑ +38%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $5,197.67 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $5,197.67 ↑ +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) $6,187.70 ↑ +79%

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MRI lower extremity other than joint without & w/contrast (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $3,913.60 $374.99 – $4,402.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $4,112.80 $374.99 – $4,626.90
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $3,701.60 $374.99 – $4,164.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $3,662.40 $374.99 – $4,120.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $4,018.40 $374.99 – $4,520.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $3,701.60 $277.45 – $4,164.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $3,541.60 $283.44 – $3,984.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $4,112.80 $374.99 – $4,626.90

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