Ultrasound guidance for vascular access 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

$823.37

Cash price

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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.

$1,470.30

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.

$286.00 with medica health system vs $1,715.80 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
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $286.00 ↓ -65%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $295.14 ↓ -64%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $496.86 ↓ -40%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $518.77 ↓ -37%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $518.77 ↓ -37%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $546.00 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $556.07 ↓ -32%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $625.00 ↓ -24%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $651.74 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $688.42 ↓ -16%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $869.58 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $993.05 ↑ +21%
medica ubh (d) medica ubh (d) $1,026.83 ↑ +25%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $1,082.42 ↑ +31%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $1,131.57 ↑ +37%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $1,141.49 ↑ +39%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $1,159.12 ↑ +41%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,232.20 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $1,232.20 ↑ +50%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $1,290.76 ↑ +57%
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) $1,466.90 ↑ +78%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $1,518.50 ↑ +84%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $1,629.98 ↑ +98%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $1,715.80 ↑ +108%

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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,127.20 $341.12 – $1,268.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $578.40 $175.04 – $650.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $560.80 $1.02 – $630.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $519.20 $1.00 – $584.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,127.20 $341.12 – $1,268.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $540.00 $231.86 – $607.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $540.00 $231.86 – $607.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $633.12 $301.00 – $1,088.43

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