Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis 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

$992.40

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.

$2,067.50

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.

$83.59 with health partners vs $1,736.70 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.

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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
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $83.59 ↓ -92%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $90.58 ↓ -91%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $90.58 ↓ -91%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $91.32 ↓ -91%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $93.08 ↓ -91%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $97.98 ↓ -90%
medicare medicare (a) $97.98 ↓ -90%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $102.88 ↓ -90%
medica medica medicare (a) $102.88 ↓ -90%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $103.26 ↓ -90%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $113.22 ↓ -89%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $153.64 ↓ -85%
health partners hpi (a) $210.82 ↓ -79%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $229.79 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $381.59 ↓ -62%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $405.09 ↓ -59%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $415.98 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $458.99 ↓ -54%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $476.56 ↓ -52%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $511.56 ↓ -48%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $728.79 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $775.31 ↓ -22%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $778.00 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $917.97 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,129.68 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,213.62 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,383.57 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $1,447.25 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (a) $1,535.33 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $1,600.25 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $1,602.93 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $1,654.00 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $1,687.08 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,736.70 ↑ +75%

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Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $992.40 $90.58 – $436.16
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,370.26 $90.58 – $1,805.56
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,370.26 $90.58 – $1,805.56
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $992.40 $90.58 – $153.64
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,370.26 $90.58 – $1,656.48
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $1,370.26 $90.58 – $1,656.48
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $1,370.26 $90.58 – $1,201.10
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $96.38 – $96.38

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