Alprostadil for injection at New Ulm Medical Center

1324 5th St N. New Ulm, MN 56073, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1558328435

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 16, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$262.38

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.

$468.54

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.

$6.81 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $468.54 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.

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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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $6.81 ↓ -97%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $7.69 ↓ -97%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $9.04 ↓ -97%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $9.70 ↓ -96%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $10.22 ↓ -96%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $17.35 ↓ -93%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $94.27 ↓ -64%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $149.00 ↓ -43%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $205.10 ↓ -22%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $207.47 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $208.16 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $210.84 ↓ -20%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $217.84 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $224.90 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $231.92 ↓ -12%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $242.89 ↓ -7%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $287.07 ↑ +9%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $310.13 ↑ +18%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $327.98 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $361.43 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $374.83 ↑ +43%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $383.17 ↑ +46%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $393.57 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $393.57 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $396.29 ↑ +51%
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) $468.54 ↑ +79%

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Alprostadil for injection at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $252.21 $26.25 – $97.58
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $145.26 $6.81 – $163.41
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $245.01 $6.69 – $273.83
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $84.80 $25.66 – $95.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $76.64 $32.90 – $86.21
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $76.64 $32.90 – $86.21
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $233.51 $6.81 – $322.92
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $233.51 $6.81 – $323.46

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