Benign lesion paring 4+ 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

$569.95

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.

$1,187.40

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.

$180.95 with health partners vs $997.42 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
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $180.95 ↓ -68%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $191.16 ↓ -66%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $191.16 ↓ -66%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $196.43 ↓ -66%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $197.71 ↓ -65%
medicare medicare (a) $206.77 ↓ -64%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $206.77 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $209.93 ↓ -63%
medica medica medicare (a) $217.11 ↓ -62%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $217.11 ↓ -62%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $217.92 ↓ -62%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $238.90 ↓ -58%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $238.95 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $263.60 ↓ -54%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $271.00 ↓ -52%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $418.56 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $445.28 ↓ -22%
health partners hpi (a) $456.38 ↓ -20%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $497.45 ↓ -13%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $521.40 ↓ -9%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $527.21 ↓ -7%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $553.53 ↓ -3%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $648.80 ↑ +14%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $651.15 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $697.00 ↑ +22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $698.99 ↑ +23%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $794.61 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $831.18 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (a) $881.76 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $919.05 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $920.59 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $949.92 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $968.92 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $997.42 ↑ +75%

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Benign lesion paring 4+ at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $229.60 $69.48 – $258.30
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $252.00 $76.26 – $283.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $260.80 $144.42 – $293.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $252.00 $76.26 – $283.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $569.95 $180.95 – $595.98
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $205.86 $191.16 – $750.93
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $205.86 $191.16 – $750.93
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $569.95 $180.95 – $238.95

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