Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) at New Ulm Medical Center
1324 5th St N. New Ulm, MN 56073, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1558328435
$2,018.46
Cash price 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.
$3,604.40
Gross charge 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.
$341.56 with allina aetna medicare (n) vs $2,703.40 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.
Full explanation →
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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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| allina aetna medicare (n) | allina aetna medicare (n) | $341.56 | ↓ -83% |
| medicare | medicare (n) | $359.54 | ↓ -82% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $543.92 | ↓ -73% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (n) | $560.28 | ↓ -72% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (n) | $748.00 | ↓ -63% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (n) | $1,183.39 | ↓ -41% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (n) | $1,197.07 | ↓ -41% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $1,201.05 | ↓ -40% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $1,216.53 | ↓ -40% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (n) | $1,256.92 | ↓ -38% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (n) | $1,297.63 | ↓ -36% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (n) | $1,338.18 | ↓ -34% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (n) | $1,383.90 | ↓ -31% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (n) | $1,401.44 | ↓ -31% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $1,553.11 | ↓ -23% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $1,656.37 | ↓ -18% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier(n) | $1,778.06 | ↓ -12% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $1,789.38 | ↓ -11% |
| medica ubh (n) | medica ubh (n) | $1,892.38 | ↓ -6% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $2,085.40 | ↑ +3% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (n) | $2,091.65 | ↑ +4% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (n) | $2,162.72 | ↑ +7% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (n) | $2,210.81 | ↑ +10% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (n) | $2,245.29 | ↑ +11% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $2,270.86 | ↑ +13% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $2,270.86 | ↑ +13% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $2,286.54 | ↑ +13% |
| 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) | $2,703.40 | ↑ +34% |
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Upper Back (Thoracic Spine) MRI (with and without contrast) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $4,144.00 | $374.99 – $4,662.00 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $4,322.40 | $374.99 – $4,862.70 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $4,034.40 | $374.99 – $4,538.70 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $3,820.00 | $374.99 – $4,297.50 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $4,279.20 | $374.99 – $4,814.10 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $4,034.40 | $277.45 – $4,538.70 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $4,724.80 | $283.44 – $5,315.40 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $4,322.40 | $374.99 – $4,862.70 |