Renal function panel 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

$154.84

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.

$276.50

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.

$8.08 with allina aetna medicare (n) 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
allina aetna medicare (n) allina aetna medicare (n) $8.08 ↓ -95%
medicare medicare (n) $8.51 ↓ -95%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $9.40 ↓ -94%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $14.85 ↓ -90%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $20.44 ↓ -87%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $20.60 ↓ -87%
medica medica medicare (r) $20.66 ↓ -87%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $21.02 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $21.05 ↓ -86%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $21.63 ↓ -86%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $22.42 ↓ -86%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $23.12 ↓ -85%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $24.21 ↓ -84%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $28.61 ↓ -82%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $30.91 ↓ -80%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $32.69 ↓ -79%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $36.02 ↓ -77%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $37.36 ↓ -76%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $38.19 ↓ -75%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $39.23 ↓ -75%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $39.23 ↓ -75%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $39.50 ↓ -74%
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) $46.70 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $64.23 ↓ -59%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $72.07 ↓ -53%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $82.52 ↓ -47%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $97.08 ↓ -37%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $104.20 ↓ -33%

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Renal function panel at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $137.60 $41.64 – $154.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $116.00 $35.10 – $130.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $105.60 $31.96 – $118.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $56.00 $16.95 – $63.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $116.00 $35.10 – $130.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $129.60 $55.65 – $145.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $129.60 $55.65 – $145.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $141.70 $8.08 – $37.17

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