Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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

$6,996.96

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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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$12,494.58

Gross charge

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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.

$2.87 with allina aetna medicare (n) vs $824.29 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
allina aetna medicare (n) allina aetna medicare (n) $2.87 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $2.97 ↓ -100%
medicare medicare (n) $3.02 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $3.36 ↓ -100%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $3.95 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $4.23 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $4.46 ↓ -100%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $7.57 ↓ -100%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $165.85 ↓ -98%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $262.12 ↓ -96%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $360.82 ↓ -95%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $365.00 ↓ -95%
medica medica medicare (r) $366.21 ↓ -95%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $370.93 ↓ -95%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $383.25 ↓ -95%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $395.66 ↓ -94%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $408.02 ↓ -94%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $427.31 ↓ -94%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $505.04 ↓ -93%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $545.60 ↓ -92%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $577.00 ↓ -92%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $635.86 ↓ -91%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $659.43 ↓ -91%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $674.10 ↓ -90%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $692.40 ↓ -90%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $692.40 ↓ -90%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $697.18 ↓ -90%
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) $824.29 ↓ -88%

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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $603.21 $166.80 – $620.08
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,527.04 $93.20 – $346.46
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,241.69 $52.91 – $196.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,799.89 $67.11 – $249.47
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $2,571.60 $83.92 – $311.98
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $868.00 $2.78 – $262.71
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $2,524.80 $2.78 – $136.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $5,011.49 $66.58 – $247.50

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