Chlamydia culture 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

$40.32

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.

$72.00

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.

$14.49 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $86.60 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) $14.49 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $17.50 ↓ -57%
allina aetna medicare (n) allina aetna medicare (n) $18.25 ↓ -55%
medicare medicare (n) $19.21 ↓ -52%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $22.90 ↓ -43%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $31.52 ↓ -22%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $31.75 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $31.86 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $32.40 ↓ -20%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $33.34 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $34.56 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $35.64 ↓ -12%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $37.32 ↓ -7%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $44.11 ↑ +9%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $47.66 ↑ +18%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $50.40 ↑ +25%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $53.37 ↑ +32%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $55.54 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $57.60 ↑ +43%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $58.88 ↑ +46%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $59.90 ↑ +49%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $60.48 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $60.48 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $60.90 ↑ +51%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $68.58 ↑ +70%
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) $72.00 ↑ +79%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $80.68 ↑ +100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $86.60 ↑ +115%

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