Compre oph exam est pt 1/> 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

$23.02

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.

$41.10

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.

$8.27 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $325.02 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) $8.27 ↓ -64%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $13.07 ↓ -43%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $17.99 ↓ -22%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $18.20 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $18.26 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $18.50 ↓ -20%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $19.11 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $19.73 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $20.35 ↓ -12%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $21.31 ↓ -7%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $25.18 ↑ +9%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $27.20 ↑ +18%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $28.77 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $31.70 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $32.88 ↑ +43%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $33.61 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $34.52 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $34.52 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $34.76 ↑ +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) $41.10 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $81.10 ↑ +252%
allina aetna medicare (n) allina aetna medicare (n) $130.35 ↑ +466%
medicare medicare (n) $137.21 ↑ +496%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $200.32 ↑ +770%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $224.81 ↑ +877%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $257.38 ↑ +1018%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $302.77 ↑ +1215%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $325.02 ↑ +1312%

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Compre oph exam est pt 1/> at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $135.31 – $135.31
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $135.31 – $135.31
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $135.31 – $135.31
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $135.31 – $135.31
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $135.31 – $135.31
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $95.37 – $132.80
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $97.43 – $132.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy not published $135.31 – $135.31

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