Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

$17,928.14

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$37,350.30

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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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$530.92 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $31,374.25 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — same scan, same building. Share

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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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $530.92 ↓ -97%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $1,195.42 ↓ -93%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $1,268.81 ↓ -93%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $1,492.54 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $1,602.22 ↓ -91%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $2,949.84 ↓ -84%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $4,003.00 ↓ -78%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $4,693.00 ↓ -74%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $5,021.00 ↓ -72%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $7,233.00 ↓ -60%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $7,514.88 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $8,291.77 ↓ -54%
medica health system medica elect (a) $8,404.00 ↓ -53%
medica medica essentials (a) $8,600.00 ↓ -52%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $8,774.00 ↓ -51%
medica health system medica choice (a) $9,235.00 ↓ -48%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $9,480.71 ↓ -47%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $10,127.63 ↓ -44%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $10,127.63 ↓ -44%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $10,358.97 ↓ -42%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $10,397.89 ↓ -42%
medicare medicare (a) $10,945.15 ↓ -39%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $10,945.15 ↓ -39%
medica medica medicare (a) $11,492.41 ↓ -36%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $11,492.41 ↓ -36%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $11,545.50 ↓ -36%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $12,659.54 ↓ -29%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $12,955.00 ↓ -28%
health partners hpi (a) $23,912.90 ↑ +33%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $24,994.82 ↑ +39%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $26,065.06 ↑ +45%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $26,145.21 ↑ +46%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $29,880.24 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $31,374.25 ↑ +75%

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $17,928.14 $530.92 – $12,659.54
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $17,928.14 $530.92 – $12,659.54
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $10,931.77 – $10,931.77
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $10,931.77 – $10,931.77
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $10,931.77 – $10,931.77
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $10,931.77 – $10,931.77
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $10,931.77 – $10,931.77
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $7,426.22 – $10,728.45

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