Bone marrow imaging body 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

$600.96

Cash price

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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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$1,252.00

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.

$251.90 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,492.26 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $251.90 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $277.94 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $335.85 ↓ -44%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $365.92 ↓ -39%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $380.88 ↓ -37%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $380.88 ↓ -37%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $391.40 ↓ -35%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $399.80 ↓ -33%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $412.00 ↓ -31%
medicare medicare (a) $412.00 ↓ -31%
medica medica medicare (a) $432.60 ↓ -28%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $432.60 ↓ -28%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $434.20 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $441.33 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $469.50 ↓ -22%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $476.10 ↓ -21%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $555.89 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $684.09 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $757.46 ↑ +26%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $834.13 ↑ +39%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $837.84 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $876.40 ↑ +46%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $885.52 ↑ +47%
health partners hpi (a) $922.92 ↑ +54%
medica health system medica elect (a) $929.74 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $969.05 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $970.68 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $1,001.60 ↑ +67%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $1,005.98 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $1,021.63 ↑ +70%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $1,041.72 ↑ +73%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,051.68 ↑ +75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $1,118.23 ↑ +86%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,492.26 ↑ +148%

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Bone marrow imaging body at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $600.96 $335.85 – $953.44
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $980.00 $380.88 – $1,291.32
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $980.00 $380.88 – $1,291.32
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $600.96 $335.85 – $476.10
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $980.00 $380.88 – $1,201.33
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $980.00 $380.88 – $1,201.33
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $980.00 $380.88 – $2,625.55
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $421.92 – $421.92

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