Urinalysis (with microscopy) 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

$83.10

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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.

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.

$148.40

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.

$2.95 with allina aetna medicare (n) vs $39.20 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.

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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) $2.95 ↓ -96%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $3.09 ↓ -96%
medicare medicare (n) $3.11 ↓ -96%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $7.65 ↓ -91%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $7.89 ↓ -91%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $8.58 ↓ -90%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $9.83 ↓ -88%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $11.56 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $12.41 ↓ -85%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $12.47 ↓ -85%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $17.16 ↓ -79%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $17.29 ↓ -79%
medica medica medicare (r) $17.35 ↓ -79%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $17.64 ↓ -79%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $18.15 ↓ -78%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $18.82 ↓ -77%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $19.40 ↓ -77%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $20.32 ↓ -76%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $24.02 ↓ -71%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $25.95 ↓ -69%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $27.44 ↓ -67%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $30.24 ↓ -64%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $31.36 ↓ -62%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $32.06 ↓ -61%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $32.93 ↓ -60%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $32.93 ↓ -60%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $33.16 ↓ -60%
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) $39.20 ↓ -53%

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Urinalysis (with microscopy) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $56.80 $17.19 – $63.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $82.40 $24.94 – $92.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $62.40 $18.88 – $70.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $32.00 $9.68 – $36.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $82.40 $24.94 – $92.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $60.80 $26.11 – $68.40
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $60.80 $26.11 – $68.40
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $79.78 $2.07 – $5.89

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