4-bar link above knee w/swng at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 16, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$3,046.22

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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.

$6,346.30

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (a) vs $5,330.89 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — 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
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $807.66 ↓ -73%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $1,276.88 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $1,408.88 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $1,818.53 ↓ -40%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $1,930.20 ↓ -37%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $1,942.40 ↓ -36%
medicare medicare (a) $2,044.63 ↓ -33%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $2,044.63 ↓ -33%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $2,076.01 ↓ -32%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $2,076.01 ↓ -32%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $2,146.86 ↓ -30%
medica medica medicare (a) $2,146.86 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $2,237.07 ↓ -27%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $2,270.54 ↓ -25%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $2,366.65 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,379.86 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $2,437.39 ↓ -20%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $2,595.01 ↓ -15%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $2,817.76 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,467.62 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $3,725.28 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $4,246.94 ↑ +39%
medica health system medica elect (a) $4,712.76 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $4,912.04 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $4,920.29 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $5,077.04 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $5,178.58 ↑ +70%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $5,330.89 ↑ +75%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $5,330.89 ↑ +75%

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4-bar link above knee w/swng at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $3,046.22 $807.66 – $2,595.01
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $3,553.93 $1,160.00 – $4,682.92
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $3,553.93 $1,160.00 – $4,682.92
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $2,675.51 $1,210.20 – $3,907.15
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $3,046.22 $807.66 – $2,595.01
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $3,553.93 $1,160.00 – $4,682.92
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $3,553.93 $1,160.00 – $4,682.92
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $3,553.93 $1,188.80 – $4,764.10

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