Diabetes (HbA1c) Test 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

$31.20

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.

$65.00

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.

$7.48 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $48.11 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
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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) $7.48 ↓ -76%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $8.26 ↓ -74%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $9.04 ↓ -71%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $9.52 ↓ -69%
medicare medicare (a) $9.52 ↓ -69%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $9.70 ↓ -69%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $9.70 ↓ -69%
medica medica medicare (a) $10.00 ↓ -68%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $10.00 ↓ -68%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $11.06 ↓ -65%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $12.13 ↓ -61%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $13.11 ↓ -58%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $13.95 ↓ -55%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $14.45 ↓ -54%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $16.52 ↓ -47%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $17.68 ↓ -43%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $20.33 ↓ -35%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $20.45 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $21.84 ↓ -30%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $22.51 ↓ -28%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $24.89 ↓ -20%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $26.04 ↓ -17%
medica health system medica elect (a) $27.62 ↓ -11%
medica medica essentials (a) $28.79 ↓ -8%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $28.84 ↓ -8%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $29.76 ↓ -5%
health partners hpi (a) $30.30 ↓ -3%
medica health system medica choice (a) $30.36 ↓ -3%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $31.25 ↑ +0%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $33.02 ↑ +6%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $35.88 ↑ +15%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $38.09 ↑ +22%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $44.81 ↑ +44%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $48.11 ↑ +54%

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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $87.20 $38.50 – $98.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $117.60 $38.50 – $132.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $68.80 $38.50 – $77.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $55.20 $24.29 – $62.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $117.60 $38.50 – $132.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $67.20 $14.82 – $35.10
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $67.20 $14.82 – $35.10
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $31.20 $9.04 – $41.02

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