Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic at Cambridge Medical Center
701 Dellwood St S, Cambridge, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1568427383
$693.56
Cash price 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.
$1,238.50
Gross charge 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.
$193.09 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,733.71 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $193.09 | ↓ -72% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $196.48 | ↓ -72% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $199.00 | ↓ -71% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $421.04 | ↓ -39% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $426.39 | ↓ -39% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $427.60 | ↓ -38% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $450.39 | ↓ -35% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $476.21 | ↓ -31% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $489.45 | ↓ -29% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $560.21 | ↓ -19% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $568.91 | ↓ -18% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $601.36 | ↓ -13% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $633.00 | ↓ -9% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $649.69 | ↓ -6% |
| medica ubh (d) | medica ubh (d) | $671.79 | ↓ -3% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (d) | $672.53 | ↓ -3% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (d) | $672.53 | ↓ -3% |
| allina aetna medicare (d) | allina aetna medicare (d) | $691.10 | ↓ -0% |
| hennepin health | scha pmap (d) | $692.71 | ↓ -0% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $703.27 | ↑ +1% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $708.16 | ↑ +2% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (d) | $727.47 | ↑ +5% |
| medicare | medicare (d) | $727.47 | ↑ +5% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $734.27 | ↑ +6% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $734.27 | ↑ +6% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $740.31 | ↑ +7% |
| medica | medica medicare (d) | $756.57 | ↑ +9% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (d) | $763.84 | ↑ +10% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $772.75 | ↑ +11% |
| scha msho (d) | scha msho (d) | $794.68 | ↑ +15% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $806.15 | ↑ +16% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $806.15 | ↑ +16% |
| 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) | $959.70 | ↑ +38% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $1,733.71 | ↑ +150% |
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Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $992.80 | $300.45 – $1,116.90 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $1,302.40 | $394.14 – $1,465.20 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $1,243.20 | $376.22 – $1,398.60 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,175.20 | $355.64 – $1,322.10 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,302.40 | $498.90 – $1,465.20 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $913.60 | $434.61 – $1,008.90 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $992.80 | $300.45 – $1,116.90 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,176.80 | $505.29 – $1,323.90 |