Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure 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

$286.61

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.

$511.80

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.

$102.97 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $3,314.58 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $102.97 ↓ -64%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $162.75 ↓ -43%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $224.04 ↓ -22%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $226.62 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $227.38 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $230.31 ↓ -20%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $237.95 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $245.66 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $253.34 ↓ -12%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $265.32 ↓ -7%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $313.58 ↑ +9%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $338.76 ↑ +18%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $358.26 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $394.80 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $409.44 ↑ +43%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $418.54 ↑ +46%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $429.91 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $429.91 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $432.88 ↑ +51%
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) $511.80 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $669.62 ↑ +134%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $2,042.94 ↑ +613%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $2,292.53 ↑ +700%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $2,624.80 ↑ +816%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $3,087.80 ↑ +977%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $3,314.58 ↑ +1056%

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Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $488.00 $147.68 – $549.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $961.60 $291.00 – $1,081.80
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $856.00 $259.05 – $963.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $824.00 $249.36 – $927.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $895.20 $1.02 – $1,007.10
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $824.80 $1.00 – $927.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $961.60 $291.00 – $1,081.80
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $765.60 $328.73 – $861.30

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