Blood Transfusion 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

$620.35

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.

$1,292.40

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.

$79.15 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,094.47 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.

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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) $79.15 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $151.06 ↓ -76%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $160.38 ↓ -74%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $188.67 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $202.52 ↓ -67%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $260.03 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $286.91 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $398.11 ↓ -36%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $420.33 ↓ -32%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $420.33 ↓ -32%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $431.94 ↓ -30%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $434.97 ↓ -30%
medicare medicare (a) $454.67 ↓ -27%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $454.67 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $455.57 ↓ -27%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $477.40 ↓ -23%
medica medica medicare (a) $477.40 ↓ -23%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $479.18 ↓ -23%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $484.65 ↓ -22%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $525.41 ↓ -15%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $573.83 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $706.17 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $758.64 ↑ +22%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $781.90 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $864.87 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $904.68 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (a) $959.74 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $1,000.32 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $1,002.00 ↑ +62%
health partners hpi (a) $1,004.10 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $1,033.92 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $1,054.60 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,085.62 ↑ +75%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $1,094.47 ↑ +76%

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Blood Transfusion at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,020.00 $308.68 – $1,147.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,092.80 $330.71 – $1,229.40
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $936.80 $283.50 – $1,053.90
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,044.80 $316.18 – $1,175.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,004.80 $304.08 – $1,130.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $936.80 $60.61 – $450.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,017.60 $319.94 – $1,144.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,092.80 $330.71 – $1,229.40

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