Ambl bp mntr w/sw a/r 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

$544.08

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.

$1,133.50

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.

$64.96 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $952.14 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $64.96 ↓ -88%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $117.38 ↓ -78%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $126.76 ↓ -77%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $126.76 ↓ -77%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $128.25 ↓ -76%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $130.26 ↓ -76%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $137.12 ↓ -75%
medicare medicare (a) $137.12 ↓ -75%
medica medica medicare (a) $143.98 ↓ -74%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $143.98 ↓ -74%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $144.51 ↓ -73%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $158.45 ↓ -71%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $161.34 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $171.29 ↓ -69%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $201.50 ↓ -63%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $216.29 ↓ -60%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $228.06 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $251.64 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi (a) $296.06 ↓ -46%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $322.71 ↓ -41%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $399.56 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $425.06 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $503.00 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $619.34 ↑ +14%
medica health system medica elect (a) $622.00 ↑ +14%
medica medica essentials (a) $624.00 ↑ +15%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $649.00 ↑ +19%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $665.36 ↑ +22%
medica health system medica choice (a) $683.00 ↑ +26%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $685.77 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $758.54 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $793.45 ↑ +46%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $906.80 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $952.14 ↑ +75%

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Ambl bp mntr w/sw a/r at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $306.40 $74.80 – $344.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $544.08 $64.96 – $649.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $481.66 $80.16 – $634.67
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $481.66 $80.16 – $634.67
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $544.08 $64.96 – $649.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $481.66 $80.16 – $582.26
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $481.66 $80.16 – $582.26
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $481.66 $102.60 – $507.86

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