Brace m arm board 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

$178.56

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.

$372.00

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (a) vs $328.05 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
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $0.01 ↓ -100%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $5.11 ↓ -97%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $5.64 ↓ -97%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $8.95 ↓ -95%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $9.52 ↓ -95%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $11.28 ↓ -94%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $13.88 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $14.91 ↓ -92%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $17.00 ↓ -90%
medica health system medica elect (a) $18.86 ↓ -89%
medica medica essentials (a) $19.66 ↓ -89%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $19.69 ↓ -89%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $20.32 ↓ -89%
medica health system medica choice (a) $20.73 ↓ -88%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $21.34 ↓ -88%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $21.34 ↓ -88%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $23.74 ↓ -87%
medicare medicare (a) $24.99 ↓ -86%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $24.99 ↓ -86%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $25.40 ↓ -86%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $25.40 ↓ -86%
medica medica medicare (a) $26.24 ↓ -85%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $26.24 ↓ -85%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $28.96 ↓ -84%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $31.75 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $108.70 ↓ -39%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $244.76 ↑ +37%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $259.79 ↑ +45%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $305.59 ↑ +71%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $328.05 ↑ +84%

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Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $255.17 $18.46 – $342.91
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $178.56 $23.74 – $279.72
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $208.32 $17.20 – $362.41
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New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $188.22 $9.76 – $451.51
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $178.56 $23.74 – $108.70
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $208.32 $17.20 – $362.41
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