Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at Cambridge Medical Center
701 Dellwood St S, Cambridge, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1568427383
$434.67
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.
$776.20
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.
$19.86 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $19.86 | ↓ -95% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (d) | $35.81 | ↓ -92% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (d) | $35.81 | ↓ -92% |
| hennepin health | scha pmap (d) | $36.88 | ↓ -92% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $43.85 | ↓ -90% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $43.91 | ↓ -90% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $46.32 | ↓ -89% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $50.34 | ↓ -88% |
| allina aetna medicare (d) | allina aetna medicare (d) | $51.02 | ↓ -88% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (d) | $53.71 | ↓ -88% |
| medicare | medicare (d) | $53.71 | ↓ -88% |
| medica | medica medicare (d) | $55.86 | ↓ -87% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (d) | $56.40 | ↓ -87% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $58.51 | ↓ -87% |
| scha msho (d) | scha msho (d) | $58.66 | ↓ -87% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $66.82 | ↓ -85% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $68.00 | ↓ -84% |
| medica ubh (d) | medica ubh (d) | $69.09 | ↓ -84% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $72.33 | ↓ -83% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $72.83 | ↓ -83% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $75.52 | ↓ -83% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $75.52 | ↓ -83% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $76.14 | ↓ -82% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $79.47 | ↓ -82% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $82.91 | ↓ -81% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $82.91 | ↓ -81% |
| 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) | $98.70 | ↓ -77% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $112.52 | ↓ -74% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $114.27 | ↓ -74% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $127.26 | ↓ -71% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $133.76 | ↓ -69% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $149.71 | ↓ -66% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $160.70 | ↓ -63% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $169.16 | ↓ -61% |
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Surgical pathology level 4 gross & microscopic examination at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $115.20 | $65.66 – $129.60 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $145.60 | $77.90 – $163.80 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $176.00 | $79.75 – $198.00 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $154.40 | $79.75 – $173.70 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $128.80 | $56.67 – $144.90 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $176.00 | $39.09 – $198.00 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $323.20 | $39.93 – $363.60 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $145.60 | $70.98 – $163.80 |