Brain MRI (without contrast) at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$548.35
Cash price 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.
$1,142.40
Gross charge 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.
$172.07 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,869.00 with united healthcare (a) — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $172.07 | ↓ -69% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $189.85 | ↓ -65% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $220.12 | ↓ -60% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $226.12 | ↓ -59% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (a) | $227.33 | ↓ -59% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (a) | $227.33 | ↓ -59% |
| allina aetna medicare (a) | allina aetna medicare (a) | $233.60 | ↓ -57% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $240.50 | ↓ -56% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (a) | $245.90 | ↓ -55% |
| medicare | medicare (a) | $245.90 | ↓ -55% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (a) | $258.19 | ↓ -53% |
| medica | medica medicare (a) | $258.19 | ↓ -53% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (a) | $259.16 | ↓ -53% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (a) | $284.16 | ↓ -48% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $509.13 | ↓ -7% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $540.40 | ↓ -1% |
| health partners | hpi (a) | $555.18 | ↑ +1% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $572.30 | ↑ +4% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $598.64 | ↑ +9% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (a) | $605.14 | ↑ +10% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $635.68 | ↑ +16% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $682.39 | ↑ +24% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $684.16 | ↑ +25% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $718.37 | ↑ +31% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $855.00 | ↑ +56% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $860.00 | ↑ +57% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $864.00 | ↑ +58% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $898.00 | ↑ +64% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $945.00 | ↑ +72% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $958.00 | ↑ +75% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $1,026.00 | ↑ +87% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $1,201.56 | ↑ +119% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $1,474.00 | ↑ +169% |
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $1,869.00 | ↑ +241% |
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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $3,083.20 | $253.81 – $3,468.60 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $3,062.40 | $253.81 – $3,445.20 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $3,083.20 | $253.81 – $3,468.60 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $2,676.80 | $253.81 – $3,011.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $2,939.20 | $253.81 – $3,306.60 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $3,083.20 | $176.78 – $3,468.60 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $3,092.80 | $180.60 – $3,479.40 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $3,062.40 | $253.81 – $3,445.20 |