Whole Skeleton X-ray Survey 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

$257.66

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.

$460.10

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.

$90.73 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $460.10 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (n) $90.73 ↓ -65%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $92.57 ↓ -64%
allina aetna medicare (n) allina aetna medicare (n) $102.36 ↓ -60%
medicare medicare (n) $107.75 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (n) $146.31 ↓ -43%
medicaid medicaid ma (n) $201.40 ↓ -22%
medicare other all other medicare (n) $203.74 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $204.40 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $207.05 ↓ -20%
bcbs bc medicare (n) $213.93 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (n) $220.85 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha msho (n) $227.76 ↓ -12%
south country health alliance scha pmap (n) $238.52 ↓ -7%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (n) $276.81 ↑ +7%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $281.90 ↑ +9%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $304.54 ↑ +18%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $310.64 ↑ +21%
medica ubh (n) medica ubh (n) $322.07 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $354.92 ↑ +38%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier(n) $355.66 ↑ +38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (n) $368.08 ↑ +43%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (n) $376.27 ↑ +46%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $386.48 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $386.48 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $389.15 ↑ +51%
bcbs bc aehp (n) $418.40 ↑ +62%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (n) $449.12 ↑ +74%
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) $460.10 ↑ +79%

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Whole Skeleton X-ray Survey at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,276.80 $111.66 – $1,436.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,088.00 $111.66 – $1,224.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $954.40 $111.66 – $1,073.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $968.00 $111.66 – $1,089.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $749.60 $111.66 – $843.30
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $954.40 $79.32 – $1,073.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $767.20 $81.04 – $863.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,088.00 $111.66 – $1,224.00

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