Drainage of kidney lesion 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

$934.99

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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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$1,947.90

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 $1,761.42 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 ↓ -71%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $291.68 ↓ -69%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $391.56 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $432.03 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $640.71 ↓ -31%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $656.75 ↓ -30%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $674.68 ↓ -28%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $674.68 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $686.00 ↓ -27%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $693.30 ↓ -26%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $697.08 ↓ -25%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $700.04 ↓ -25%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $729.79 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $729.79 ↓ -22%
medicare medicare (a) $729.79 ↓ -22%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $766.28 ↓ -18%
medica medica medicare (a) $766.28 ↓ -18%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $769.14 ↓ -18%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $819.99 ↓ -12%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $843.35 ↓ -10%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $864.07 ↓ -8%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $880.24 ↓ -6%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,063.35 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,142.36 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,302.33 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $1,362.27 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (a) $1,445.17 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $1,506.28 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $1,508.81 ↑ +61%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $1,556.88 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $1,588.02 ↑ +70%
health partners hpi (a) $1,615.98 ↑ +73%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,634.72 ↑ +75%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $1,761.42 ↑ +88%

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Drainage of kidney lesion at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,933.60 $507.57 – $2,175.30
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $934.99 $291.68 – $3,243.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $583.69 $418.93 – $3,572.45
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $583.69 $418.93 – $3,572.45
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $580.50 $437.06 – $1,211.53
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $934.99 $291.68 – $3,243.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $583.69 $418.93 – $3,760.50
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $583.69 $418.93 – $3,572.45

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