Above knee leather socket 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

$1,226.06

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.

$2,554.30

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 $2,145.61 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) $325.08 ↓ -73%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $513.93 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $567.05 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $731.93 ↓ -40%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $776.88 ↓ -37%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $781.79 ↓ -36%
medicare medicare (a) $822.94 ↓ -33%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $822.94 ↓ -33%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $835.57 ↓ -32%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $835.57 ↓ -32%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $864.09 ↓ -30%
medica medica medicare (a) $864.09 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $900.39 ↓ -27%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $913.86 ↓ -25%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $952.55 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $957.86 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $981.02 ↓ -20%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $1,044.46 ↓ -15%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,134.11 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,395.67 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,499.37 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,709.34 ↑ +39%
medica health system medica elect (a) $1,896.82 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $1,977.03 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $1,980.35 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $2,043.44 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $2,084.31 ↑ +70%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $2,145.61 ↑ +75%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $2,145.61 ↑ +75%

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Above knee leather socket at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,226.06 $325.08 – $1,044.46
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,430.41 $466.89 – $1,884.81
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,430.41 $466.89 – $1,884.81
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $1,076.88 $487.09 – $1,572.61
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,226.06 $325.08 – $1,044.46
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,430.41 $466.89 – $1,884.81
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $1,430.41 $466.89 – $1,884.81
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $1,430.41 $478.48 – $1,917.49

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