Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$958.78

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.

$1,712.10

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.

$172.85 with allina aetna medicare (n) vs $1,712.10 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) $172.85 ↓ -82%
medicare medicare (n) $181.95 ↓ -81%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $246.29 ↓ -74%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $344.47 ↓ -64%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $544.45 ↓ -43%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $663.72 ↓ -31%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $744.72 ↓ -22%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $749.45 ↓ -22%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $758.11 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $760.64 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $770.44 ↓ -20%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $796.02 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $821.81 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $847.48 ↓ -12%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $852.63 ↓ -11%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $887.55 ↓ -7%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $1,003.05 ↑ +5%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $1,049.00 ↑ +9%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $1,076.72 ↑ +12%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $1,133.24 ↑ +18%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $1,198.47 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $1,320.71 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $1,369.68 ↑ +43%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $1,400.14 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $1,438.16 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,438.16 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $1,448.09 ↑ +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) $1,712.10 ↑ +79%

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $520.00 $157.37 – $585.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $557.60 $168.74 – $627.30
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $484.00 $146.47 – $544.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $505.60 $153.01 – $568.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $493.60 $149.38 – $555.30
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $484.00 $172.90 – $544.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $387.20 $172.90 – $435.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $557.60 $168.74 – $627.30

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