Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback 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

$63.15

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$112.76

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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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$0.50 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $40.89 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $0.50 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $0.56 ↓ -99%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $0.66 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $0.71 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $0.75 ↓ -99%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $1.27 ↓ -98%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $8.23 ↓ -87%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $13.00 ↓ -79%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $17.90 ↓ -72%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $18.11 ↓ -71%
medica medica medicare (r) $18.17 ↓ -71%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $18.40 ↓ -71%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $19.02 ↓ -70%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $19.63 ↓ -69%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $20.24 ↓ -68%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $21.20 ↓ -66%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $25.05 ↓ -60%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $27.07 ↓ -57%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $28.62 ↓ -55%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $31.54 ↓ -50%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $32.71 ↓ -48%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $33.44 ↓ -47%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $34.35 ↓ -46%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $34.35 ↓ -46%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $34.58 ↓ -45%
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) $40.89 ↓ -35%

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Magnesium sulfate 2 gram/50 ml (4 %) in water intravenous piggyback at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $106.42 $18.23 – $67.76
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $132.22 $18.29 – $67.99
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $54.36 $14.69 – $54.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $180.45 $7.39 – $27.46
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $128.80 $18.29 – $67.98
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $57.00 $1.02 – $2.93
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $130.26 $1.00 – $67.96
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $71.07 $18.29 – $67.98

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