Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at Cambridge Medical Center
701 Dellwood St S, Cambridge, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1568427383
$457.74
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.
$817.40
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.
$99.61 with medicaid vs $817.40 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| medicaid | medicaid ma (d) | $99.61 | ↓ -78% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (d) | $99.61 | ↓ -78% |
| allina aetna medicare (d) | allina aetna medicare (d) | $102.36 | ↓ -78% |
| hennepin health | scha pmap (d) | $102.60 | ↓ -78% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (d) | $107.75 | ↓ -76% |
| medicare | medicare (d) | $107.75 | ↓ -76% |
| medica | medica medicare (d) | $112.06 | ↓ -76% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (d) | $113.14 | ↓ -75% |
| scha msho (d) | scha msho (d) | $117.70 | ↓ -74% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $128.03 | ↓ -72% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $164.46 | ↓ -64% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $266.23 | ↓ -42% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $286.00 | ↓ -38% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $328.15 | ↓ -28% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $333.24 | ↓ -27% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $363.17 | ↓ -21% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $371.13 | ↓ -19% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $383.61 | ↓ -16% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $436.59 | ↓ -5% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $468.66 | ↑ +2% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $484.55 | ↑ +6% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $493.32 | ↑ +8% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $496.86 | ↑ +9% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $518.77 | ↑ +13% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $518.77 | ↑ +13% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $546.00 | ↑ +19% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $553.36 | ↑ +21% |
| medica ubh (d) | medica ubh (d) | $572.18 | ↑ +25% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $603.16 | ↑ +32% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $625.00 | ↑ +37% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $630.54 | ↑ +38% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $686.62 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $686.62 | ↑ +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) | $817.40 | ↑ +79% |
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Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $641.60 | $111.66 – $721.80 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $619.20 | $111.66 – $696.60 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $292.80 | $79.32 – $329.40 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $604.00 | $81.04 – $679.50 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $641.60 | $111.66 – $721.80 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $521.60 | $111.66 – $586.80 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $521.60 | $111.66 – $586.80 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $349.44 | $96.84 – $466.00 |