Barium Enema (Colon X-ray, barium and air) 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

$277.06

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.

$577.20

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.

$116.13 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $484.85 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $116.13 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $128.14 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $154.29 ↓ -44%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $162.11 ↓ -41%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $167.11 ↓ -40%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $167.11 ↓ -40%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $171.73 ↓ -38%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $177.12 ↓ -36%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $180.00 ↓ -35%
medicare medicare (a) $180.77 ↓ -35%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $180.77 ↓ -35%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $189.81 ↓ -31%
medica medica medicare (a) $189.81 ↓ -31%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $190.51 ↓ -31%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $208.89 ↓ -25%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $216.00 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $238.00 ↓ -14%
medica health system medica elect (a) $238.00 ↓ -14%
medica medica essentials (a) $240.00 ↓ -13%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $249.00 ↓ -10%
medica health system medica choice (a) $262.00 ↓ -5%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $325.00 ↑ +17%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $331.00 ↑ +19%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $338.82 ↑ +22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $347.40 ↑ +25%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $368.73 ↑ +33%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $386.26 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $404.04 ↑ +46%
health partners hpi (a) $408.87 ↑ +48%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $433.75 ↑ +57%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $445.67 ↑ +61%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $461.76 ↑ +67%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $465.62 ↑ +68%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $484.85 ↑ +75%

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Barium Enema (Colon X-ray, barium and air) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,071.20 $186.92 – $1,205.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,113.60 $186.92 – $1,252.80
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,103.20 $132.55 – $1,241.10
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,114.40 $135.41 – $1,253.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,146.40 $186.92 – $1,289.70
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,146.40 $186.92 – $1,289.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $277.06 $154.29 – $397.01
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $278.66 $164.00 – $514.39

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