Card MRI veloc flow mapping 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

$88.80

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.

$185.00

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.

$37.22 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.

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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) $37.22 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $41.07 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $53.52 ↓ -40%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $120.49 ↑ +36%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $123.80 ↑ +39%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $127.89 ↑ +44%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $129.50 ↑ +46%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $148.00 ↑ +67%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $150.44 ↑ +69%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $155.40 ↑ +75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $161.50 ↑ +82%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $855.00 ↑ +863%
medica health system medica elect (a) $860.00 ↑ +868%
medica medica essentials (a) $864.00 ↑ +873%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $898.00 ↑ +911%
medica health system medica choice (a) $945.00 ↑ +964%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $958.00 ↑ +979%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $1,026.00 ↑ +1055%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,201.56 ↑ +1253%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,474.00 ↑ +1560%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $1,869.00 ↑ +2005%

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Card MRI veloc flow mapping at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $88.80 $53.52 – $1,474.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $170.97 $76.86 – $225.28
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $170.97 $76.86 – $225.28
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $88.80 $53.52 – $1,474.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $170.97 $76.86 – $225.28
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $170.97 $76.86 – $225.28
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $170.97 $78.77 – $750.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $1.02 – $46.89

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