Platelet automated at New Ulm Medical Center
1324 5th St N. New Ulm, MN 56073, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1558328435
$51.35
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.
$91.70
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.
$4.17 with allina aetna medicare (n) vs $29.20 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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| allina aetna medicare (n) | allina aetna medicare (n) | $4.17 | ↓ -92% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (n) | $4.38 | ↓ -91% |
| medicare | medicare (n) | $4.39 | ↓ -91% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $5.88 | ↓ -89% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (n) | $9.29 | ↓ -82% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (n) | $10.81 | ↓ -79% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $12.14 | ↓ -76% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (n) | $12.78 | ↓ -75% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (n) | $12.88 | ↓ -75% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $12.93 | ↓ -75% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $13.14 | ↓ -74% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (n) | $13.52 | ↓ -74% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier(n) | $13.90 | ↓ -73% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (n) | $14.02 | ↓ -73% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (n) | $14.45 | ↓ -72% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (n) | $15.14 | ↓ -71% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (n) | $16.35 | ↓ -68% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (n) | $17.55 | ↓ -66% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $17.89 | ↓ -65% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $19.33 | ↓ -62% |
| medica ubh (n) | medica ubh (n) | $20.44 | ↓ -60% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $22.52 | ↓ -56% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (n) | $23.36 | ↓ -55% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (n) | $23.88 | ↓ -53% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $24.53 | ↓ -52% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $24.53 | ↓ -52% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $24.70 | ↓ -52% |
| 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) | $29.20 | ↓ -43% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $60.80 | $18.40 – $68.40 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $56.00 | $16.95 – $63.00 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $42.40 | $12.83 – $47.70 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $25.60 | $7.75 – $28.80 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $56.00 | $16.95 – $63.00 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $49.60 | $21.30 – $55.80 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $49.60 | $21.30 – $55.80 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $46.99 | $2.92 – $8.26 |