Abdominal X-ray (single view) 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

$207.79

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.

$432.90

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.

$58.03 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $331.00 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $58.03 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $63.96 ↓ -69%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $64.02 ↓ -69%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $80.18 ↓ -61%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $82.91 ↓ -60%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $82.91 ↓ -60%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $85.21 ↓ -59%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $87.60 ↓ -58%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $89.69 ↓ -57%
medicare medicare (a) $89.69 ↓ -57%
medica medica medicare (a) $94.17 ↓ -55%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $94.17 ↓ -55%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $94.52 ↓ -55%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $103.64 ↓ -50%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $122.07 ↓ -41%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $129.59 ↓ -38%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $152.46 ↓ -27%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $163.65 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $169.29 ↓ -19%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $180.00 ↓ -13%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $193.00 ↓ -7%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $201.88 ↓ -3%
health partners hpi (a) $202.23 ↓ -3%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $216.00 ↑ +4%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $220.43 ↑ +6%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $230.72 ↑ +11%
medica health system medica elect (a) $238.00 ↑ +15%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $238.00 ↑ +15%
medica medica essentials (a) $240.00 ↑ +16%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $242.26 ↑ +17%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $249.00 ↑ +20%
medica health system medica choice (a) $262.00 ↑ +26%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $325.00 ↑ +56%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $331.00 ↑ +59%

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Abdominal X-ray (single view) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $329.60 $92.45 – $370.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $400.80 $92.45 – $450.90
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $357.60 $92.45 – $402.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $299.20 $90.55 – $336.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $260.00 $78.68 – $292.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $357.60 $65.56 – $402.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $272.80 $66.97 – $306.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $400.80 $92.45 – $450.90

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