Dilate esophagus 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

$2,458.08

Cash price

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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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$5,121.00

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.

$271.00 with united healthcare (a) vs $4,749.23 with hpi-cigna — 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
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $271.00 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $469.33 ↓ -81%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $832.69 ↓ -66%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $918.77 ↓ -63%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $1,165.66 ↓ -53%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $1,237.47 ↓ -50%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $1,455.75 ↓ -41%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $1,458.86 ↓ -41%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $1,551.98 ↓ -37%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $1,562.67 ↓ -36%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,627.00 ↓ -34%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $1,727.45 ↓ -30%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $1,828.25 ↓ -26%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $1,828.25 ↓ -26%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $1,878.72 ↓ -24%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $1,887.47 ↓ -23%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $1,977.60 ↓ -20%
medicare medicare (a) $1,977.60 ↓ -20%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $2,076.48 ↓ -16%
medica medica medicare (a) $2,076.48 ↓ -16%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $2,084.20 ↓ -15%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $2,261.33 ↓ -8%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $2,285.31 ↓ -7%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $2,429.36 ↓ -1%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $2,769.55 ↑ +13%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $2,897.02 ↑ +18%
medica health system medica elect (a) $3,073.32 ↑ +25%
medica medica essentials (a) $3,203.28 ↑ +30%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $3,208.66 ↑ +31%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $3,310.88 ↑ +35%
medica health system medica choice (a) $3,377.10 ↑ +37%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $3,476.42 ↑ +41%
health partners hpi (a) $4,357.09 ↑ +77%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $4,749.23 ↑ +93%

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Dilate esophagus at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $2,518.40 $762.13 – $2,833.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $3,694.40 $1,118.02 – $4,156.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $3,694.40 $1,118.02 – $4,156.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $2,458.08 $469.33 – $3,895.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $2,458.08 $469.33 – $3,895.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $1,991.84 – $1,991.84
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $1,991.84 – $1,991.84
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $1,991.84 – $1,991.84

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