Ablation cryo retro lymph node 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

$1,416.91

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$2,951.90

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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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$275.54 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $3,243.00 with aetna direct network — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 (amu) $275.54 ↓ -81%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $312.68 ↓ -78%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $345.01 ↓ -76%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $398.11 ↓ -72%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $407.70 ↓ -71%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $407.70 ↓ -71%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $431.94 ↓ -70%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $434.97 ↓ -69%
medicare medicare (a) $454.67 ↓ -68%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $454.67 ↓ -68%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $464.78 ↓ -67%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $468.00 ↓ -67%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $477.40 ↓ -66%
medica medica medicare (a) $477.40 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $505.08 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $509.28 ↓ -64%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $509.63 ↓ -64%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $594.13 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $637.80 ↓ -55%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $912.26 ↓ -36%
health partners hpi (a) $1,004.10 ↓ -29%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,040.00 ↓ -27%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $1,087.87 ↓ -23%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $1,094.47 ↓ -23%
medica health system medica elect (a) $1,158.00 ↓ -18%
medica medica essentials (a) $1,188.00 ↓ -16%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $1,210.00 ↓ -15%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $1,243.28 ↓ -12%
medica health system medica choice (a) $1,273.00 ↓ -10%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,305.44 ↓ -8%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $2,104.00 ↑ +48%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,255.00 ↑ +59%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $2,562.00 ↑ +81%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,243.00 ↑ +129%

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Ablation cryo retro lymph node at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,737.60 $313.18 – $1,954.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,416.91 $407.70 – $3,243.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,416.91 $407.70 – $3,243.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $459.04 – $459.04
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $459.04 – $459.04
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $459.04 – $459.04
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $459.04 – $459.04
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $459.04 – $459.04

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