Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 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

$659.62

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,374.20

Gross charge

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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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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$235.10 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $7,039.32 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

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) $235.10 ↓ -64%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $259.41 ↓ -61%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $268.81 ↓ -59%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $271.00 ↓ -59%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $292.45 ↓ -56%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $292.45 ↓ -56%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $293.70 ↓ -55%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $300.52 ↓ -54%
medicare medicare (a) $316.34 ↓ -52%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $316.34 ↓ -52%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $332.16 ↓ -50%
medica medica medicare (a) $332.16 ↓ -50%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $333.39 ↓ -49%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $365.56 ↓ -45%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $411.90 ↓ -38%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $438.19 ↓ -34%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $468.00 ↓ -29%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $638.47 ↓ -3%
health partners hpi (a) $678.00 ↑ +3%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $685.91 ↑ +4%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $739.02 ↑ +12%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $781.96 ↑ +19%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $817.95 ↑ +24%
medica health system medica elect (a) $867.73 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (a) $904.42 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $905.94 ↑ +37%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $934.80 ↑ +42%
medica health system medica choice (a) $953.50 ↑ +45%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $981.54 ↑ +49%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $2,114.18 ↑ +221%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $5,250.91 ↑ +696%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $5,574.39 ↑ +745%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $6,557.66 ↑ +894%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $7,039.32 ↑ +967%

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Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $353.60 $107.01 – $397.80
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $574.40 $213.67 – $646.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $659.62 $268.81 – $6,001.91
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $564.09 $292.45 – $7,562.43
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $564.09 $292.45 – $7,562.43
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $659.62 $268.81 – $3,243.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $564.09 $292.45 – $7,562.43
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $564.09 $292.45 – $7,562.43

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