Drain bladder by trocar/cath 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

$1,751.95

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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.

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$3,649.90

Gross charge

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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.

$44.30 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $6,364.00 with united healthcare (a) — 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $44.30 ↓ -97%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $99.75 ↓ -94%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $105.87 ↓ -94%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $124.54 ↓ -93%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $133.69 ↓ -92%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $734.36 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $810.28 ↓ -54%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $818.17 ↓ -53%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $818.17 ↓ -53%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $840.76 ↓ -52%
medicare medicare (a) $885.01 ↓ -49%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $885.01 ↓ -49%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $926.47 ↓ -47%
medica medica medicare (a) $929.26 ↓ -47%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $929.26 ↓ -47%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $932.71 ↓ -47%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $1,012.26 ↓ -42%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $1,022.71 ↓ -42%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,627.00 ↓ -7%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $2,104.00 ↑ +20%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $2,142.49 ↑ +22%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,255.00 ↑ +29%
health partners hpi (a) $2,336.72 ↑ +33%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $2,442.51 ↑ +39%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $2,547.02 ↑ +45%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $2,554.93 ↑ +46%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $2,919.92 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $3,065.92 ↑ +75%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,243.00 ↑ +85%
medica health system medica elect (a) $3,731.00 ↑ +113%
medica medica essentials (a) $3,833.00 ↑ +119%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $3,895.00 ↑ +122%
medica health system medica choice (a) $4,100.00 ↑ +134%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $6,364.00 ↑ +263%

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Drain bladder by trocar/cath at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $4,228.00 $754.29 – $4,756.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,751.95 $44.30 – $3,895.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,751.95 $44.30 – $3,895.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $1,068.26 – $1,068.26
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $1,068.26 – $1,068.26
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $1,068.26 – $1,068.26
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $1,068.26 – $1,068.26
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $1,068.26 – $1,068.26

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