Application of paste boot 29580 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

$184.66

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.

$384.70

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.

$29.86 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $593.41 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) $29.86 ↓ -84%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $32.94 ↓ -82%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $52.31 ↓ -72%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $55.65 ↓ -70%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $65.89 ↓ -64%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $81.09 ↓ -56%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $87.11 ↓ -53%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $99.31 ↓ -46%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $103.88 ↓ -44%
medica health system medica elect (a) $110.20 ↓ -40%
medica medica essentials (a) $114.86 ↓ -38%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $115.05 ↓ -38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $118.72 ↓ -36%
medica health system medica choice (a) $121.09 ↓ -34%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $124.66 ↓ -32%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $143.69 ↓ -22%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $154.82 ↓ -16%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $154.82 ↓ -16%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $157.00 ↓ -15%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $159.10 ↓ -14%
medicare medicare (a) $167.47 ↓ -9%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $167.47 ↓ -9%
medica medica medicare (a) $175.84 ↓ -5%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $175.84 ↓ -5%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $176.49 ↓ -4%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $178.22 ↓ -3%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $193.52 ↑ +5%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $271.00 ↑ +47%
health partners hpi (a) $362.42 ↑ +96%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $395.04 ↑ +114%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $442.65 ↑ +140%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $469.92 ↑ +154%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $552.80 ↑ +199%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $593.41 ↑ +221%

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Application of paste boot 29580 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $744.00 $102.89 – $382.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $280.00 $84.74 – $315.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $203.20 $61.49 – $228.60
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $344.00 $104.10 – $387.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $360.00 $113.68 – $405.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $252.80 $116.13 – $283.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $280.00 $84.74 – $315.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $144.80 $62.17 – $162.90

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