Thyroid Ultrasound 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

$425.21

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.

$759.30

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.

$102.36 with allina aetna medicare (n) vs $825.72 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) $102.36 ↓ -76%
medicare medicare (n) $107.75 ↓ -75%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $120.64 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $166.81 ↓ -61%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $190.67 ↓ -55%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $262.47 ↓ -38%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $265.50 ↓ -38%
medica medica medicare (r) $266.38 ↓ -37%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $269.82 ↓ -37%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $278.78 ↓ -34%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $287.81 ↓ -32%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $296.80 ↓ -30%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $310.83 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $367.37 ↓ -14%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $396.88 ↓ -7%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $419.72 ↓ -1%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $462.53 ↑ +9%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $479.68 ↑ +13%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $490.35 ↑ +15%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $503.66 ↑ +18%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $503.66 ↑ +18%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $507.14 ↑ +19%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $508.93 ↑ +20%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $571.11 ↑ +34%
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) $599.60 ↑ +41%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $653.88 ↑ +54%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $769.22 ↑ +81%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $825.72 ↑ +94%

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Thyroid Ultrasound at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $772.00 $111.66 – $868.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $902.40 $111.66 – $1,015.20
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $426.40 $111.66 – $479.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $674.40 $111.66 – $758.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $736.80 $111.66 – $828.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $637.60 $79.32 – $717.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $700.80 $81.04 – $788.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $902.40 $111.66 – $1,015.20

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