Barium Swallow (Esophagus X-ray) at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$207.79
Cash price 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.
$432.90
Gross charge 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.
$56.44 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $445.67 with hpi-cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $56.44 | ↓ -73% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $87.10 | ↓ -58% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $96.10 | ↓ -54% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $140.16 | ↓ -33% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $148.80 | ↓ -28% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $162.11 | ↓ -22% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (a) | $167.11 | ↓ -20% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (a) | $167.11 | ↓ -20% |
| allina aetna medicare (a) | allina aetna medicare (a) | $171.73 | ↓ -17% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $175.05 | ↓ -16% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $177.12 | ↓ -15% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $180.00 | ↓ -13% |
| medicare | medicare (a) | $180.77 | ↓ -13% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (a) | $180.77 | ↓ -13% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $187.90 | ↓ -10% |
| medica | medica medicare (a) | $189.81 | ↓ -9% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (a) | $189.81 | ↓ -9% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (a) | $190.51 | ↓ -8% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (a) | $208.89 | ↑ +1% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $216.00 | ↑ +4% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $238.00 | ↑ +15% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $238.00 | ↑ +15% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $240.00 | ↑ +16% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $249.00 | ↑ +20% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $254.11 | ↑ +22% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $262.00 | ↑ +26% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $289.70 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $303.03 | ↑ +46% |
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $325.00 | ↑ +56% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $331.00 | ↑ +59% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $346.32 | ↑ +67% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $363.64 | ↑ +75% |
| health partners | hpi (a) | $408.87 | ↑ +97% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (a) | $445.67 | ↑ +114% |
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Barium Swallow (Esophagus X-ray) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $652.00 | $186.92 – $733.50 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $526.40 | $159.30 – $592.20 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $668.00 | $132.55 – $751.50 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $618.40 | $135.41 – $695.70 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $537.60 | $186.92 – $604.80 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $537.60 | $186.92 – $604.80 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $207.79 | $56.44 – $331.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $208.99 | $69.64 – $336.00 |