Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions 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

$1,193.92

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.

$2,132.00

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.

$145.15 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,092.86 with blue cross blue shield — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $145.15 ↓ -88%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $164.00 ↓ -86%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $283.92 ↓ -76%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $296.43 ↓ -75%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $296.43 ↓ -75%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $312.00 ↓ -74%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $320.52 ↓ -73%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $336.00 ↓ -72%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $338.55 ↓ -72%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $427.65 ↓ -64%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $488.37 ↓ -59%
medica ubh (d) medica ubh (d) $504.98 ↓ -58%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $532.32 ↓ -55%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $543.14 ↓ -55%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $556.49 ↓ -53%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $605.98 ↓ -49%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $605.98 ↓ -49%
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) $721.40 ↓ -40%
medicaid medicaid ma (d) $746.88 ↓ -37%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (d) $746.88 ↓ -37%
allina aetna medicare (d) allina aetna medicare (d) $767.50 ↓ -36%
hennepin health scha pmap (d) $769.29 ↓ -36%
medicare medicare (d) $807.89 ↓ -32%
medicare other all other medicare (d) $807.89 ↓ -32%
medica medica medicare (d) $840.21 ↓ -30%
bcbs bc medicare (d) $848.28 ↓ -29%
scha msho (d) scha msho (d) $882.54 ↓ -26%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $1,392.13 ↑ +17%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $1,413.74 ↑ +18%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $1,574.46 ↑ +32%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $1,852.17 ↑ +55%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $1,977.90 ↑ +66%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $1,988.20 ↑ +67%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $2,092.86 ↑ +75%

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Myelography via inj w/s&i 2+ regions at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,705.39 $180.00 – $1,249.56
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,193.92 $164.00 – $1,574.46
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,705.39 $180.00 – $1,977.90
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,193.92 $164.00 – $1,574.46
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,705.39 $180.00 – $933.60
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,193.92 $164.00 – $3,760.50
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $1,193.92 $305.24 – $3,441.04
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $829.56 – $829.56

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