Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping 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

$254.97

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.

$455.30

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.

$35.12 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $355.50 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $35.12 ↓ -86%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $71.53 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $86.74 ↓ -66%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $97.35 ↓ -62%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $111.45 ↓ -56%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $113.05 ↓ -56%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $131.10 ↓ -49%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $140.73 ↓ -45%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $155.62 ↓ -39%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $157.42 ↓ -38%
medica medica medicare (r) $157.94 ↓ -38%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $159.97 ↓ -37%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $165.29 ↓ -35%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $170.64 ↓ -33%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $175.98 ↓ -31%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $184.29 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $217.81 ↓ -15%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $235.31 ↓ -8%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $248.85 ↓ -2%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $274.23 ↑ +8%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $284.40 ↑ +12%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $290.72 ↑ +14%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $298.62 ↑ +17%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $298.62 ↑ +17%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $300.68 ↑ +18%
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) $355.50 ↑ +39%

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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $684.80 $207.24 – $770.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $756.00 $228.78 – $850.50
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $741.60 $224.43 – $834.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $503.20 $152.28 – $566.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $638.40 $193.20 – $718.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $741.60 $1.02 – $834.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $656.00 $1.00 – $738.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $756.00 $228.78 – $850.50

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