Blood gases ph venous 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

$94.30

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.

$168.40

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.

$10.24 with allina aetna medicare (n) vs $168.40 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.

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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
allina aetna medicare (n) allina aetna medicare (n) $10.24 ↓ -89%
medicare medicare (n) $10.78 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $23.23 ↓ -75%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $33.88 ↓ -64%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $53.55 ↓ -43%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $70.87 ↓ -25%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $73.72 ↓ -22%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $74.26 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $74.51 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $75.78 ↓ -20%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $77.97 ↓ -17%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $79.53 ↓ -16%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $80.83 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $83.36 ↓ -12%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $87.30 ↓ -7%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $91.05 ↓ -3%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $103.18 ↑ +9%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $107.11 ↑ +14%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $111.46 ↑ +18%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $114.98 ↑ +22%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $117.88 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $129.90 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $134.72 ↑ +43%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $137.72 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $141.46 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $141.46 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $142.43 ↑ +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) $168.40 ↑ +79%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $48.80 $14.77 – $54.90
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $91.20 $27.60 – $102.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $36.00 $10.89 – $40.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $38.40 $16.49 – $43.20
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $38.40 $16.49 – $43.20
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Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $80.86 $10.24 – $51.68
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $88.51 $10.24 – $37.43

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