Ultrasound guidance for vascular access 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

$822.42

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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.

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$1,468.60

Gross charge

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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.

$80.56 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,324.87 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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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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

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) $80.56 ↓ -90%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $127.33 ↓ -85%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $175.27 ↓ -79%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $177.30 ↓ -78%
medica medica medicare (r) $177.89 ↓ -78%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $180.18 ↓ -78%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $186.17 ↓ -77%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $192.19 ↓ -77%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $198.20 ↓ -76%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $207.57 ↓ -75%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $245.33 ↓ -70%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $265.02 ↓ -68%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $280.28 ↓ -66%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $308.87 ↓ -62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $320.32 ↓ -61%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $327.44 ↓ -60%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $336.34 ↓ -59%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $336.34 ↓ -59%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $338.66 ↓ -59%
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) $400.40 ↓ -51%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $580.14 ↓ -29%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $1,432.95 ↑ +74%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $1,608.15 ↑ +96%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $1,841.08 ↑ +124%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $2,165.78 ↑ +163%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $2,324.87 ↑ +183%

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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,127.20 $341.12 – $1,268.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $578.40 $175.04 – $650.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $560.80 $1.02 – $630.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $519.20 $1.00 – $584.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,127.20 $341.12 – $1,268.10
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $540.00 $231.86 – $607.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $540.00 $231.86 – $607.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $633.12 $301.00 – $1,088.43

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