Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate 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

$345.02

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.

$718.80

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.

$13.60 with allina aetna medicare (a) vs $230.24 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — 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
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $13.60 ↓ -96%
medicare medicare (a) $14.32 ↓ -96%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $14.32 ↓ -96%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $14.60 ↓ -96%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $14.60 ↓ -96%
medica medica medicare (a) $15.04 ↓ -96%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $15.04 ↓ -96%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $16.64 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $16.78 ↓ -95%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $18.25 ↓ -95%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $26.53 ↓ -92%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $30.67 ↓ -91%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $41.67 ↓ -88%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $44.23 ↓ -87%
health partners hpi (a) $45.44 ↓ -87%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $49.53 ↓ -86%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $52.04 ↓ -85%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $55.15 ↓ -84%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $55.86 ↓ -84%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $60.85 ↓ -82%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $96.62 ↓ -72%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $102.79 ↓ -70%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $121.70 ↓ -65%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $149.77 ↓ -57%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $160.90 ↓ -53%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $165.83 ↓ -52%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $183.43 ↓ -47%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $191.87 ↓ -44%
medica health system medica elect (a) $203.55 ↓ -41%
medica medica essentials (a) $212.15 ↓ -39%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $212.51 ↓ -38%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $219.28 ↓ -36%
medica health system medica choice (a) $223.67 ↓ -35%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $230.24 ↓ -33%

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Culture mycobacteria definitive id each isolate at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $180.00 $54.47 – $202.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $92.00 $27.84 – $103.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $149.60 $45.27 – $168.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $97.60 $41.91 – $109.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $97.60 $41.91 – $109.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $345.02 $13.60 – $47.62
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $313.10 $13.60 – $157.39
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $313.10 $13.60 – $157.39

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