Thoracentesis pleural space needle/catheter aspiration with imaging guidance (both sides) at New Ulm Medical Center
1324 5th St N. New Ulm, MN 56073, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1558328435
$1,345.90
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$2,403.40
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$445.12 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $2,218.40 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — same scan, same building. Share
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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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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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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (n) | $445.12 | ↓ -67% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $446.34 | ↓ -67% |
| allina aetna medicare (n) | allina aetna medicare (n) | $614.17 | ↓ -54% |
| medicare | medicare (n) | $646.49 | ↓ -52% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (n) | $705.45 | ↓ -48% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (n) | $971.08 | ↓ -28% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (n) | $982.31 | ↓ -27% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $985.58 | ↓ -27% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $998.28 | ↓ -26% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (n) | $1,031.43 | ↓ -23% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (n) | $1,064.83 | ↓ -21% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (n) | $1,098.11 | ↓ -18% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (n) | $1,099.47 | ↓ -18% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (n) | $1,150.02 | ↓ -15% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $1,233.90 | ↓ -8% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $1,359.21 | ↑ +1% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier(n) | $1,412.63 | ↑ +5% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $1,468.36 | ↑ +9% |
| medica ubh (n) | medica ubh (n) | $1,552.88 | ↑ +15% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (n) | $1,661.76 | ↑ +23% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,711.27 | ↑ +27% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (n) | $1,774.72 | ↑ +32% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (n) | $1,783.82 | ↑ +33% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (n) | $1,814.19 | ↑ +35% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,863.46 | ↑ +38% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,863.46 | ↑ +38% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $1,876.32 | ↑ +39% |
| 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) | $2,218.40 | ↑ +65% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $1,907.20 | $577.17 – $2,145.60 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $1,754.40 | $530.93 – $1,973.70 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $1,852.00 | $560.46 – $2,083.50 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,778.40 | $538.19 – $2,000.70 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,852.00 | $453.20 – $2,083.50 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,392.00 | $452.45 – $1,050.30 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $1,754.40 | $530.93 – $1,973.70 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,502.40 | $645.09 – $1,690.20 |