Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination 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

$46.54

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.

$83.10

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.

$16.72 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $169.16 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) $16.72 ↓ -64%
medicaid medicaid ma (d) $26.54 ↓ -43%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (d) $26.54 ↓ -43%
hennepin health scha pmap (d) $27.34 ↓ -41%
allina aetna medicare (d) allina aetna medicare (d) $36.57 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $36.92 ↓ -21%
medicare other all other medicare (d) $38.49 ↓ -17%
medicare medicare (d) $38.49 ↓ -17%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $39.00 ↓ -16%
medica medica medicare (d) $40.03 ↓ -14%
bcbs bc medicare (d) $40.41 ↓ -13%
scha msho (d) scha msho (d) $42.05 ↓ -10%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $42.38 ↓ -9%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $43.91 ↓ -6%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $49.26 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $56.26 ↑ +21%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $57.26 ↑ +23%
medica ubh (d) medica ubh (d) $58.17 ↑ +25%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $60.90 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $61.32 ↑ +32%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $63.58 ↑ +37%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $63.58 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $64.10 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $66.91 ↑ +44%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $69.80 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $69.80 ↑ +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) $83.10 ↑ +79%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $98.27 ↑ +111%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $112.52 ↑ +142%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $114.27 ↑ +146%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $127.26 ↑ +173%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $149.71 ↑ +222%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $160.70 ↑ +245%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $169.16 ↑ +263%

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Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $80.80 $24.45 – $90.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $136.00 $41.16 – $153.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $150.40 $45.51 – $169.20
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $85.60 $25.90 – $96.30
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $86.40 $26.15 – $97.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $150.40 $21.49 – $169.20
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $185.60 $21.95 – $208.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $136.00 $41.16 – $153.00

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