Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement 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

$143.81

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.

$299.60

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.

$14.45 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $98.38 with uhc ubh pmap — 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $14.45 ↓ -90%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $17.81 ↓ -88%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $19.65 ↓ -86%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $31.20 ↓ -78%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $33.19 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $35.88 ↓ -75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $38.09 ↓ -74%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $39.29 ↓ -73%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $44.81 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $48.11 ↓ -67%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $48.36 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $51.95 ↓ -64%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $53.54 ↓ -63%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $59.22 ↓ -59%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $61.95 ↓ -57%
medica health system medica elect (a) $65.72 ↓ -54%
medica medica essentials (a) $68.50 ↓ -52%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $68.61 ↓ -52%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $70.80 ↓ -51%
medica health system medica choice (a) $72.22 ↓ -50%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $73.33 ↓ -49%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $74.34 ↓ -48%
medicare medicare (a) $77.19 ↓ -46%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $77.19 ↓ -46%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $78.70 ↓ -45%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $78.70 ↓ -45%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $81.05 ↓ -44%
medica medica medicare (a) $81.05 ↓ -44%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $88.50 ↓ -38%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $89.72 ↓ -38%
health partners hpi (a) $90.09 ↓ -37%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $90.09 ↓ -37%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $98.20 ↓ -32%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $98.38 ↓ -32%

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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $377.60 $114.27 – $424.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $240.80 $72.87 – $270.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $377.60 $114.27 – $424.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $143.81 $14.45 – $98.38
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $232.40 $17.83 – $74.84
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $232.40 $17.83 – $74.70
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $126.45 $23.23 – $79.53
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $143.81 $14.45 – $98.38

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