Flex foot system 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

$5,822.15

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.

$10,396.70

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.

$2,091.82 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $10,917.68 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) $2,091.82 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $2,724.33 ↓ -53%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $3,306.15 ↓ -43%
allina aetna medicare (n) allina aetna medicare (n) $4,372.61 ↓ -25%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $4,551.05 ↓ -22%
medicare medicare (n) $4,602.75 ↓ -21%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $4,603.66 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $4,619.00 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $4,678.52 ↓ -20%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $4,833.84 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $4,990.42 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $5,146.37 ↓ -12%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $5,389.65 ↓ -7%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $6,370.06 ↑ +9%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $6,729.18 ↑ +16%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $6,881.58 ↑ +18%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $7,551.98 ↑ +30%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $8,020.01 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $8,317.36 ↑ +43%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $8,502.32 ↑ +46%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $8,645.81 ↑ +48%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $8,733.23 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $8,733.23 ↑ +50%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $8,733.23 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $8,793.53 ↑ +51%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $10,170.64 ↑ +75%
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) $10,396.70 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $10,917.68 ↑ +88%

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Flex foot system at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $6,465.55 $1,818.16 – $5,841.73
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $7,543.14 $2,611.32 – $9,939.40
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $6,465.55 $1,818.16 – $5,841.73
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $7,543.14 $2,611.32 – $9,939.40
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $6,465.55 $1,818.16 – $5,841.73
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $7,543.14 $2,611.32 – $9,939.40
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $7,543.14 $2,611.32 – $9,939.40
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $7,543.14 $2,676.16 – $10,724.64

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