Abd/low ext cath 3rd 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

$1,990.85

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.

$4,147.60

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.

$468.00 with medica dual solutions (a u) vs $3,784.00 with aetna direct network — 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
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $468.00 ↓ -76%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $701.99 ↓ -65%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $834.50 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $920.77 ↓ -54%
medica health system medica elect (a) $1,158.00 ↓ -42%
medica medica essentials (a) $1,188.00 ↓ -40%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $1,210.00 ↓ -39%
medica health system medica choice (a) $1,273.00 ↓ -36%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $1,339.72 ↓ -33%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $1,422.31 ↓ -29%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $1,673.21 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $1,796.10 ↓ -10%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $2,434.64 ↑ +22%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $2,456.00 ↑ +23%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $2,562.00 ↑ +29%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,626.00 ↑ +32%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $2,775.57 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $2,903.32 ↑ +46%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $3,318.08 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $3,483.98 ↑ +75%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,784.00 ↑ +90%

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Abd/low ext cath 3rd at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,943.20 $1.02 – $2,186.10
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,990.85 $468.00 – $3,784.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,990.85 $468.00 – $3,784.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington not published $1.00 – $1,380.07

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