Ecg external > 48 hours up to 7 days recording 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

$174.38

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.

$363.30

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.

$35.59 with all other medicaid vs $778.00 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
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $35.59 ↓ -80%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $35.59 ↓ -80%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $35.74 ↓ -80%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $36.57 ↓ -79%
medicare medicare (a) $38.49 ↓ -78%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $38.49 ↓ -78%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $39.05 ↓ -78%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $40.41 ↓ -77%
medica medica medicare (a) $40.41 ↓ -77%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $40.57 ↓ -77%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $44.49 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $57.08 ↓ -67%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $73.10 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $80.65 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi (a) $90.15 ↓ -48%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $98.27 ↓ -44%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $128.06 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $136.24 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $141.77 ↓ -19%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $150.50 ↓ -14%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $161.31 ↓ -7%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $177.05 ↑ +2%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $190.05 ↑ +9%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $198.51 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $213.26 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $243.12 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $254.31 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (a) $269.79 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $281.19 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $281.67 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $290.64 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $296.45 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $305.17 ↑ +75%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $778.00 ↑ +346%

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Ecg external > 48 hours up to 7 days recording at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $181.60 $41.21 – $204.30
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $190.40 $41.21 – $214.20
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $412.00 $41.21 – $463.50
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $194.40 $41.21 – $218.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $182.40 $41.21 – $205.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $412.00 $28.94 – $463.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $190.40 $41.21 – $214.20
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $174.38 $35.59 – $162.05

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