Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe 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

$6,188.46

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$12,892.63

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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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$0.01 with united healthcare (a) vs $379.51 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — same scan, same building. Share

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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
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $0.01 ↓ -100%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $2.82 ↓ -100%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $2.82 ↓ -100%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $2.87 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $2.97 ↓ -100%
medicare medicare (a) $3.02 ↓ -100%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $3.02 ↓ -100%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $3.17 ↓ -100%
medica medica medicare (a) $3.17 ↓ -100%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $3.21 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $3.36 ↓ -100%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $3.52 ↓ -100%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $3.95 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $4.03 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $4.23 ↓ -100%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $4.84 ↓ -100%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $5.59 ↓ -100%
health partners hpi (a) $8.28 ↓ -100%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $9.02 ↓ -100%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $90.90 ↓ -99%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $100.30 ↓ -98%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $159.26 ↓ -97%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $169.43 ↓ -97%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $200.60 ↓ -97%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $246.86 ↓ -96%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $265.21 ↓ -96%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $302.34 ↓ -95%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $316.26 ↓ -95%
medica health system medica elect (a) $323.99 ↓ -95%
medica medica essentials (a) $333.43 ↓ -95%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $338.26 ↓ -95%
medica health system medica choice (a) $356.02 ↓ -94%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $361.44 ↓ -94%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $379.51 ↓ -94%

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Darbepoetin alfa 100 mcg/0.5 ml in polysorbate injection syringe at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $603.21 $166.80 – $620.08
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,527.04 $93.20 – $346.46
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,241.69 $52.91 – $196.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,799.89 $67.11 – $249.47
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $2,571.60 $83.92 – $311.98
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $868.00 $2.78 – $262.71
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $2,524.80 $2.78 – $136.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $5,011.49 $66.58 – $247.50

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