Contrast x-ray of knee joint at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$277.06
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.
$577.20
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.
$116.13 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $894.08 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.
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) | $116.13 | ↓ -58% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $128.14 | ↓ -54% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $180.00 | ↓ -35% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $216.00 | ↓ -22% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $238.00 | ↓ -14% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $238.00 | ↓ -14% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $240.00 | ↓ -13% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $247.24 | ↓ -11% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $249.00 | ↓ -10% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $262.00 | ↓ -5% |
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $325.00 | ↑ +17% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $325.21 | ↑ +17% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $331.00 | ↑ +19% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (a) | $332.39 | ↑ +20% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (a) | $332.39 | ↑ +20% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $338.82 | ↑ +22% |
| allina aetna medicare (a) | allina aetna medicare (a) | $341.56 | ↑ +23% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $355.32 | ↑ +28% |
| medicare | medicare (a) | $359.54 | ↑ +30% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (a) | $359.54 | ↑ +30% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (a) | $377.52 | ↑ +36% |
| medica | medica medicare (a) | $377.52 | ↑ +36% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (a) | $378.92 | ↑ +37% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $386.26 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $404.04 | ↑ +46% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (a) | $415.49 | ↑ +50% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $461.76 | ↑ +67% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $484.85 | ↑ +75% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $614.06 | ↑ +122% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $651.89 | ↑ +135% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $766.87 | ↑ +177% |
| health partners | hpi (a) | $820.25 | ↑ +196% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $823.20 | ↑ +197% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (a) | $894.08 | ↑ +223% |
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Contrast x-ray of knee joint at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $1,076.00 | $325.62 – $1,210.50 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,136.00 | $277.45 – $1,278.00 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,074.40 | $283.44 – $1,208.70 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,044.00 | $374.99 – $1,174.50 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,044.00 | $374.99 – $1,174.50 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $277.06 | $180.00 – $701.88 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $278.66 | $164.00 – $884.37 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $278.66 | $164.00 – $884.37 |