Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$146.10

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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.

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.

$260.90

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.

$6.52 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $104.20 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) $6.52 ↓ -96%
allina aetna medicare (n) allina aetna medicare (n) $7.88 ↓ -95%
medicare medicare (n) $8.29 ↓ -94%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $10.30 ↓ -93%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $14.18 ↓ -90%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $14.29 ↓ -90%
medica medica medicare (r) $14.33 ↓ -90%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $14.58 ↓ -90%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $15.00 ↓ -90%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $15.55 ↓ -89%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $16.04 ↓ -89%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $16.80 ↓ -89%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $19.85 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $21.05 ↓ -86%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $21.45 ↓ -85%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $22.68 ↓ -84%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $24.99 ↓ -83%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $25.92 ↓ -82%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $26.50 ↓ -82%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $27.22 ↓ -81%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $27.22 ↓ -81%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $27.40 ↓ -81%
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) $32.40 ↓ -78%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $64.23 ↓ -56%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $72.07 ↓ -51%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $82.52 ↓ -44%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $97.08 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $104.20 ↓ -29%

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $120.80 $57.75 – $135.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $155.20 $57.75 – $174.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $107.20 $57.75 – $120.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $60.80 $26.75 – $68.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $155.20 $57.75 – $174.60
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $107.20 $50.92 – $120.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $107.20 $50.92 – $120.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $122.06 $7.88 – $37.17

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