Electrolyte panel at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$55.30
Cash price 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.
$115.20
Gross charge 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.
$5.85 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $43.60 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $5.85 | ↓ -89% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $6.46 | ↓ -88% |
| allina aetna medicare (a) | allina aetna medicare (a) | $6.53 | ↓ -88% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (a) | $6.87 | ↓ -88% |
| medicare | medicare (a) | $6.87 | ↓ -88% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (a) | $7.00 | ↓ -87% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (a) | $7.00 | ↓ -87% |
| medica | medica medicare (a) | $7.21 | ↓ -87% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (a) | $7.21 | ↓ -87% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (a) | $7.98 | ↓ -86% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (a) | $8.75 | ↓ -84% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $10.26 | ↓ -81% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $10.91 | ↓ -80% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $12.38 | ↓ -78% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $12.92 | ↓ -77% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $13.09 | ↓ -76% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $14.31 | ↓ -74% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $15.90 | ↓ -71% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $17.08 | ↓ -69% |
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $17.61 | ↓ -68% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $19.47 | ↓ -65% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $20.37 | ↓ -63% |
| health partners | hpi (a) | $21.20 | ↓ -62% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $21.61 | ↓ -61% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $22.52 | ↓ -59% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $22.56 | ↓ -59% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (a) | $23.11 | ↓ -58% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $23.28 | ↓ -58% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $23.75 | ↓ -57% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $24.44 | ↓ -56% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $32.53 | ↓ -41% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $34.52 | ↓ -38% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $40.61 | ↓ -27% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $43.60 | ↓ -21% |
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Electrolyte panel at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $109.60 | $33.17 – $123.30 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $127.20 | $38.49 – $143.10 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $66.40 | $20.09 – $74.70 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $48.00 | $14.53 – $54.00 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $127.20 | $38.49 – $143.10 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $116.80 | $50.15 – $131.40 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $116.80 | $50.15 – $131.40 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $55.30 | $6.53 – $37.17 |