CT hrt w/3d image 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

$359.86

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.

$749.70

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.

$150.84 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,366.00 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) $150.84 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $166.43 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $266.53 ↓ -26%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $325.21 ↓ -10%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $332.39 ↓ -8%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $332.39 ↓ -8%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $341.56 ↓ -5%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $355.32 ↓ -1%
medicare medicare (a) $359.54 ↓ -0%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $359.54 ↓ -0%
medica medica medicare (a) $377.52 ↑ +5%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $377.52 ↑ +5%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $378.92 ↑ +5%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $415.49 ↑ +15%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $501.70 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $524.79 ↑ +46%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $599.76 ↑ +67%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $600.11 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $629.75 ↑ +75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $636.96 ↑ +77%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $654.00 ↑ +82%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $735.00 ↑ +104%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $749.28 ↑ +108%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $788.00 ↑ +119%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $804.33 ↑ +124%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $814.98 ↑ +126%
health partners hpi (a) $820.25 ↑ +128%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $894.08 ↑ +148%
medica health system medica elect (a) $943.00 ↑ +162%
medica medica essentials (a) $947.00 ↑ +163%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $984.00 ↑ +173%
medica health system medica choice (a) $1,036.00 ↑ +188%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,136.00 ↑ +216%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $1,366.00 ↑ +280%

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CT hrt w/3d image at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,015.20 $132.55 – $2,267.10
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $359.86 $266.53 – $1,136.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $698.60 $332.39 – $920.53
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $698.60 $332.39 – $920.53
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $359.86 $266.53 – $1,136.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $698.60 $332.39 – $894.08
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $698.60 $332.39 – $894.08
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $698.60 $332.39 – $1,572.15

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