Strep b dna amp probe 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

$323.46

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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.

$577.60

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.

$26.98 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $565.10 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $26.98 ↓ -92%
allina aetna medicare (n) allina aetna medicare (n) $32.67 ↓ -90%
medicare medicare (n) $34.39 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $82.28 ↓ -75%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $92.34 ↓ -71%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $105.73 ↓ -67%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $113.70 ↓ -65%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $124.38 ↓ -62%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $133.51 ↓ -59%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $179.70 ↓ -44%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $247.37 ↓ -24%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $249.21 ↓ -23%
medica medica medicare (r) $250.04 ↓ -23%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $254.30 ↓ -21%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $261.67 ↓ -19%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $271.25 ↓ -16%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $279.73 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $292.95 ↓ -9%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $346.24 ↑ +7%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $374.04 ↑ +16%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $395.57 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $435.92 ↑ +35%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $452.08 ↑ +40%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $462.13 ↑ +43%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $474.68 ↑ +47%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $474.68 ↑ +47%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $477.96 ↑ +48%
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) $565.10 ↑ +75%

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Strep b dna amp probe at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $183.20 $55.44 – $206.10
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $71.20 $21.55 – $80.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $180.80 $54.71 – $203.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $139.20 $59.77 – $156.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $139.20 $59.77 – $156.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $289.58 $16.78 – $63.07
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $264.60 $20.71 – $88.92
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $289.58 $16.78 – $117.78

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