Removal of foreign body 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

$901.21

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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$1,609.30

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.

$199.00 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $9,723.33 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
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $199.00 ↓ -78%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $250.94 ↓ -72%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $554.13 ↓ -39%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $585.31 ↓ -35%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $636.07 ↓ -29%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $739.34 ↓ -18%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $844.32 ↓ -6%
medica ubh (d) medica ubh (d) $873.04 ↓ -3%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $913.95 ↑ +1%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $920.31 ↑ +2%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $954.23 ↑ +6%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $954.23 ↑ +6%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $962.09 ↑ +7%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $1,004.25 ↑ +11%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $1,047.65 ↑ +16%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,047.65 ↑ +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) $1,247.20 ↑ +38%
medicaid medicaid ma (d) $2,767.48 ↑ +207%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (d) $2,767.48 ↑ +207%
allina aetna medicare (d) allina aetna medicare (d) $2,843.88 ↑ +216%
hennepin health scha pmap (d) $2,850.50 ↑ +216%
medicare medicare (d) $2,993.56 ↑ +232%
medicare other all other medicare (d) $2,993.56 ↑ +232%
medica medica medicare (d) $3,113.30 ↑ +245%
bcbs bc medicare (d) $3,143.24 ↑ +249%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $3,151.20 ↑ +250%
scha msho (d) scha msho (d) $3,270.18 ↑ +263%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $6,468.74 ↑ +618%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $6,568.62 ↑ +629%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $7,165.30 ↑ +695%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $7,314.69 ↑ +712%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $8,605.25 ↑ +855%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $9,236.99 ↑ +925%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $9,723.33 ↑ +979%

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Removal of foreign body at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,680.29 $1,935.00 – $11,073.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $901.21 $844.32 – $7,314.69
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $1,680.29 $1,935.00 – $11,073.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $901.21 $844.32 – $7,314.69
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,680.29 $1,935.00 – $11,073.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $901.21 $844.32 – $7,314.69
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $901.21 $527.72 – $12,941.89
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $3,005.15 – $3,005.15

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