Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) at New Ulm Medical Center
1324 5th St N. New Ulm, MN 56073, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1558328435
$1,520.51
Cash price 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.
$2,715.20
Gross charge 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.
$279.90 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,761.40 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (n) | $279.90 | ↓ -82% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $354.39 | ↓ -77% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (n) | $560.13 | ↓ -63% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (n) | $754.28 | ↓ -50% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (n) | $771.04 | ↓ -49% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (n) | $779.95 | ↓ -49% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $782.54 | ↓ -49% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $792.63 | ↓ -48% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (n) | $818.95 | ↓ -46% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (n) | $845.47 | ↓ -44% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $846.33 | ↓ -44% |
| allina aetna medicare (n) | allina aetna medicare (n) | $865.95 | ↓ -43% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (n) | $871.89 | ↓ -43% |
| medicare | medicare (n) | $911.53 | ↓ -40% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (n) | $913.11 | ↓ -40% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier(n) | $968.96 | ↓ -36% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $1,079.21 | ↓ -29% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (n) | $1,139.91 | ↓ -25% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $1,165.87 | ↓ -23% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (n) | $1,223.63 | ↓ -20% |
| medica ubh (n) | medica ubh (n) | $1,232.98 | ↓ -19% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,358.74 | ↓ -11% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (n) | $1,409.12 | ↓ -7% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (n) | $1,440.46 | ↓ -5% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,479.58 | ↓ -3% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,479.58 | ↓ -3% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $1,489.79 | ↓ -2% |
| 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) | $1,761.40 | ↑ +16% |
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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,311.20 | $657.57 – $2,600.10 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $2,155.20 | $925.39 – $2,424.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $2,155.20 | $925.39 – $2,424.60 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $1,939.97 | $255.05 – $3,243.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $1,521.07 | $281.06 – $3,572.45 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $1,939.97 | $255.05 – $3,243.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $1,521.07 | $281.06 – $3,572.45 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $1,939.97 | $255.05 – $3,243.00 |