Pelvic MRI (with contrast) 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

$2,329.04

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.

$4,159.00

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.

$341.56 with allina aetna medicare (n) vs $4,159.00 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.

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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
allina aetna medicare (n) allina aetna medicare (n) $341.56 ↓ -85%
medicare medicare (n) $359.54 ↓ -85%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $472.65 ↓ -80%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $748.00 ↓ -68%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $836.79 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $1,167.45 ↓ -50%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $1,310.20 ↓ -44%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $1,499.96 ↓ -36%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $1,764.51 ↓ -24%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $1,820.56 ↓ -22%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $1,841.61 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $1,847.75 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $1,871.55 ↓ -20%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $1,894.11 ↓ -19%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $1,933.69 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $1,996.32 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $2,058.71 ↓ -12%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $2,156.03 ↓ -7%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $2,548.22 ↑ +9%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $2,752.84 ↑ +18%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $2,911.30 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $3,208.25 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $3,327.20 ↑ +43%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $3,401.19 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $3,493.56 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $3,493.56 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $3,517.68 ↑ +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) $4,159.00 ↑ +79%

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Pelvic MRI (with contrast) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $4,099.20 $374.99 – $4,611.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $4,008.00 $374.99 – $4,509.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $3,568.80 $374.99 – $4,014.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $3,685.60 $374.99 – $4,146.30
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $3,341.60 $277.45 – $3,759.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $4,008.00 $374.99 – $4,509.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $3,708.00 $374.99 – $4,171.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $3,708.00 $374.99 – $4,171.50

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