Csf ventriculography 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

$425.18

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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$885.80

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.

$178.22 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

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) $178.22 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $196.65 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $312.24 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $332.17 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $335.85 ↓ -21%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $393.30 ↓ -7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $484.00 ↑ +14%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $490.16 ↑ +15%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $517.32 ↑ +22%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $517.32 ↑ +22%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $531.60 ↑ +25%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $535.55 ↑ +26%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $535.91 ↑ +26%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $559.58 ↑ +32%
medicare medicare (a) $559.58 ↑ +32%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $587.56 ↑ +38%
medica medica medicare (a) $587.56 ↑ +38%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $589.74 ↑ +39%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $592.78 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $620.06 ↑ +46%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $646.65 ↑ +52%
medica health system medica elect (a) $657.80 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $685.61 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $686.76 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $708.64 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $722.81 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $744.07 ↑ +75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $834.13 ↑ +96%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $885.52 ↑ +108%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $1,041.72 ↑ +145%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $1,118.23 ↑ +163%
health partners hpi (a) $1,236.28 ↑ +191%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $1,347.54 ↑ +217%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,492.26 ↑ +251%

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Csf ventriculography at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $425.18 $335.85 – $953.44
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $693.56 $414.43 – $1,201.33
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $693.56 $414.43 – $1,201.33
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $425.18 $335.85 – $646.65
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $693.56 $414.43 – $1,201.33
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $693.56 $414.43 – $1,201.33
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $693.56 $517.32 – $2,625.55
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $565.18 – $565.18

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