Compatibility test each unit electronic 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

$11.87

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.

$21.20

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.

$4.27 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $396.28 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) $4.27 ↓ -64%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $6.74 ↓ -43%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $9.28 ↓ -22%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $9.35 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $9.39 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $9.54 ↓ -20%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $9.82 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $10.18 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $10.49 ↓ -12%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $10.99 ↓ -7%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $12.99 ↑ +9%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $14.03 ↑ +18%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $14.84 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $16.35 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $16.96 ↑ +43%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $17.34 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $17.81 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $17.81 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $17.93 ↑ +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) $21.20 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $80.06 ↑ +574%
allina aetna medicare (n) allina aetna medicare (n) $166.81 ↑ +1305%
medicare medicare (n) $175.59 ↑ +1379%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $244.25 ↑ +1958%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $274.09 ↑ +2209%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $313.81 ↑ +2544%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $369.17 ↑ +3010%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $396.28 ↑ +3239%

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