Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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

$62.88

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.

$131.00

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.

$8.23 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $48.11 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $8.23 ↓ -87%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $9.08 ↓ -86%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $14.42 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $14.45 ↓ -77%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $15.34 ↓ -76%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $15.61 ↓ -75%
medicare medicare (a) $16.43 ↓ -74%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $16.43 ↓ -74%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $16.75 ↓ -73%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $16.75 ↓ -73%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $17.25 ↓ -73%
medica medica medicare (a) $17.25 ↓ -73%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $18.16 ↓ -71%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $19.09 ↓ -70%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $20.94 ↓ -67%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $22.35 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $24.01 ↓ -62%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $24.74 ↓ -61%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $27.37 ↓ -56%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $28.63 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $30.06 ↓ -52%
medica health system medica elect (a) $30.37 ↓ -52%
medica medica essentials (a) $31.66 ↓ -50%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $31.71 ↓ -50%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $32.72 ↓ -48%
medica health system medica choice (a) $33.37 ↓ -47%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $34.36 ↓ -45%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $34.76 ↓ -45%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $35.88 ↓ -43%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $38.09 ↓ -39%
health partners hpi (a) $41.64 ↓ -34%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $44.81 ↓ -29%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $45.38 ↓ -28%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $48.11 ↓ -23%

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $155.20 $37.77 – $140.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $192.00 $58.10 – $216.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $110.40 $33.41 – $124.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $96.80 $27.36 – $101.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $192.00 $58.10 – $216.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $138.40 $54.27 – $142.20
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $138.40 $54.27 – $142.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $62.88 $14.45 – $41.02

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