Vancomycin 1,000 mg intravenous injection 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

$169.41

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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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$302.52

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.

$8.94 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $44.45 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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
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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) $8.94 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $12.25 ↓ -93%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $14.14 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $14.66 ↓ -91%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $15.50 ↓ -91%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $17.25 ↓ -90%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $17.63 ↓ -90%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $18.52 ↓ -89%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $19.46 ↓ -89%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $19.68 ↓ -88%
medica medica medicare (r) $19.74 ↓ -88%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $20.00 ↓ -88%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $20.66 ↓ -88%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $21.34 ↓ -87%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $22.00 ↓ -87%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $23.04 ↓ -86%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $27.23 ↓ -84%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $29.42 ↓ -83%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $31.11 ↓ -82%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $34.29 ↓ -80%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $35.56 ↓ -79%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $36.35 ↓ -79%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $37.34 ↓ -78%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $37.34 ↓ -78%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $37.60 ↓ -78%
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) $44.45 ↓ -74%

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Vancomycin 1,000 mg intravenous injection at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $74.49 $18.55 – $68.95
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $73.00 $18.59 – $69.09
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $63.00 $15.02 – $55.82
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $33.37 $7.62 – $28.31
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $115.27 $18.55 – $68.96
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $112.56 $26.01 – $52.01
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $69.22 $29.99 – $69.62
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $65.55 $18.44 – $68.55

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