Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/us gdn; ea addtl 10006 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

$242.26

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$432.60

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.

$63.29 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $432.60 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
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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) $63.29 ↓ -74%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $87.04 ↓ -64%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $137.57 ↓ -43%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $156.31 ↓ -35%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $175.43 ↓ -28%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $189.37 ↓ -22%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $191.56 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $192.19 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $194.67 ↓ -20%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $200.84 ↓ -17%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $201.14 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $207.65 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $214.14 ↓ -12%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $224.26 ↓ -7%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $236.27 ↓ -2%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $253.61 ↑ +5%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $265.05 ↑ +9%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $286.34 ↑ +18%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $302.82 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $333.71 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $346.08 ↑ +43%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $353.78 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $363.38 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $363.38 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $365.89 ↑ +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) $432.60 ↑ +79%

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Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/us gdn; ea addtl 10006 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,000.80 $1.02 – $1,125.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $687.20 $1.00 – $773.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,006.40 $432.12 – $1,132.20
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,006.40 $432.12 – $1,132.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $416.35 $42.24 – $3,243.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $301.90 $60.66 – $1,002.38
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $416.35 $42.24 – $3,243.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $301.90 $60.66 – $1,002.38

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