Bundled special stain group 2 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

$303.63

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.

$542.20

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.

$22.09 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $283.14 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $22.09 ↓ -93%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $34.92 ↓ -88%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $48.06 ↓ -84%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $48.62 ↓ -84%
medica medica medicare (r) $48.77 ↓ -84%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $49.41 ↓ -84%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $51.05 ↓ -83%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $52.70 ↓ -83%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $54.35 ↓ -82%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $56.92 ↓ -81%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $57.20 ↓ -81%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $67.27 ↓ -78%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $72.68 ↓ -76%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $76.86 ↓ -75%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $84.70 ↓ -72%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $87.84 ↓ -71%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $89.79 ↓ -70%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $92.23 ↓ -70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $92.23 ↓ -70%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $92.87 ↓ -69%
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) $109.80 ↓ -64%
allina aetna medicare (n) allina aetna medicare (n) $130.26 ↓ -57%
medicare medicare (n) $137.12 ↓ -55%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $174.52 ↓ -43%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $195.83 ↓ -36%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $224.21 ↓ -26%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $263.76 ↓ -13%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $283.14 ↓ -7%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $164.00 $49.63 – $184.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $236.80 $65.37 – $243.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $178.40 $53.99 – $200.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $93.60 $28.33 – $105.30
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $164.00 $49.63 – $184.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $178.40 $44.13 – $200.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $183.20 $45.08 – $200.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $236.80 $65.37 – $243.00

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