Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$27.78
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.
$57.87
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.
$0.01 with united healthcare (a) vs $35.87 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.
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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| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $1.85 | ↓ -93% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $2.09 | ↓ -92% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $2.46 | ↓ -91% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $2.51 | ↓ -91% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $2.64 | ↓ -90% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $8.59 | ↓ -69% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $9.48 | ↓ -66% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $15.05 | ↓ -46% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $16.01 | ↓ -42% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $18.96 | ↓ -32% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $23.33 | ↓ -16% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $25.06 | ↓ -10% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $28.57 | ↑ +3% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $29.89 | ↑ +8% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $30.62 | ↑ +10% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $31.51 | ↑ +13% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $31.97 | ↑ +15% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $33.65 | ↑ +21% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $34.16 | ↑ +23% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $35.87 | ↑ +29% |
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Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $86.40 | $19.61 – $72.90 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $80.00 | $18.16 – $67.50 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $15.60 | $3.86 – $14.35 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $40.00 | $6.05 – $22.50 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $70.79 | $14.28 – $53.09 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $13.51 | $1.02 – $14.63 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $75.59 | $1.00 – $39.89 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $80.00 | $18.16 – $67.50 |