Reticulocyte automated 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

$51.35

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.

$91.70

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.

$3.71 with allina aetna medicare (n) vs $45.00 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) $3.71 ↓ -93%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $3.91 ↓ -92%
medicare medicare (n) $3.91 ↓ -92%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $9.05 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $9.66 ↓ -81%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $10.84 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $12.41 ↓ -76%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $14.31 ↓ -72%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $14.60 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $15.68 ↓ -69%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $19.70 ↓ -62%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $19.84 ↓ -61%
medica medica medicare (r) $19.91 ↓ -61%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $20.25 ↓ -61%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $20.83 ↓ -59%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $21.60 ↓ -58%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $22.28 ↓ -57%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $23.33 ↓ -55%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $27.57 ↓ -46%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $29.79 ↓ -42%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $31.50 ↓ -39%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $34.71 ↓ -32%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $36.00 ↓ -30%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $36.80 ↓ -28%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $37.80 ↓ -26%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $37.80 ↓ -26%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $38.06 ↓ -26%
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) $45.00 ↓ -12%

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Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $43.01 $3.71 – $30.77

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