Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at New Ulm Medical Center
1324 5th St N. New Ulm, MN 56073, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1558328435
$18.37
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.
$32.80
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.
$6.52 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $295.36 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.
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 |
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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $6.52 | ↓ -65% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (n) | $10.30 | ↓ -44% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (n) | $14.18 | ↓ -23% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (n) | $14.35 | ↓ -22% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $14.40 | ↓ -22% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $14.58 | ↓ -21% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (n) | $15.07 | ↓ -18% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (n) | $15.55 | ↓ -15% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (n) | $16.04 | ↓ -13% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (n) | $16.80 | ↓ -9% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $19.85 | ↑ +8% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $21.45 | ↑ +17% |
| medica ubh (n) | medica ubh (n) | $22.68 | ↑ +23% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $24.99 | ↑ +36% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (n) | $25.92 | ↑ +41% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (n) | $26.50 | ↑ +44% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $27.22 | ↑ +48% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $27.22 | ↑ +48% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $27.40 | ↑ +49% |
| 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) | $32.40 | ↑ +76% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (n) | $67.56 | ↑ +268% |
| allina aetna medicare (n) | allina aetna medicare (n) | $130.26 | ↑ +609% |
| medicare | medicare (n) | $137.12 | ↑ +646% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (n) | $182.07 | ↑ +891% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $204.29 | ↑ +1012% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier(n) | $233.89 | ↑ +1173% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (n) | $275.16 | ↑ +1398% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (n) | $295.36 | ↑ +1508% |
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Collection blood specimen using established central/peripheral catheter venous nos at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $125.60 | $38.01 – $141.30 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $161.60 | $48.90 – $181.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $194.40 | $94.15 – $218.70 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $125.60 | $38.01 – $141.30 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $120.00 | $51.53 – $135.00 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $120.00 | $51.53 – $135.00 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $53.23 | $61.57 – $158.45 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $26.77 | $26.00 – $164.43 |