Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) 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

$455.28

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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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$948.50

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.

$96.84 with health partners vs $737.46 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $96.84 ↓ -79%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $99.61 ↓ -78%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $99.61 ↓ -78%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $102.36 ↓ -78%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $103.75 ↓ -77%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $105.81 ↓ -77%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $107.75 ↓ -76%
medicare medicare (a) $107.75 ↓ -76%
medica medica medicare (a) $113.14 ↓ -75%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $113.14 ↓ -75%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $113.56 ↓ -75%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $124.51 ↓ -73%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $127.24 ↓ -72%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $140.39 ↓ -69%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $222.92 ↓ -51%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $237.15 ↓ -48%
health partners hpi (a) $244.25 ↓ -46%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $257.70 ↓ -43%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $266.23 ↓ -42%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $273.57 ↓ -40%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $301.00 ↓ -34%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $321.82 ↓ -29%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $345.46 ↓ -24%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $345.54 ↓ -24%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $423.20 ↓ -7%
medica health system medica elect (a) $440.00 ↓ -3%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $442.68 ↓ -3%
medica medica essentials (a) $448.00 ↓ -2%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $459.00 ↑ +1%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $464.00 ↑ +2%
medica health system medica choice (a) $483.00 ↑ +6%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $505.92 ↑ +11%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $531.22 ↑ +17%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $737.46 ↑ +62%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,004.00 $111.66 – $1,129.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,108.00 $111.66 – $1,246.50
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $940.80 $111.66 – $1,058.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $897.60 $111.66 – $1,009.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $803.20 $111.66 – $903.60
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $940.80 $79.32 – $1,058.40
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $936.80 $81.04 – $1,053.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,108.00 $111.66 – $1,246.50

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