Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 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

$147.60

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$307.50

Gross charge

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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.

$61.87 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,002.37 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.

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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

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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $61.87 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $68.27 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $108.39 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $115.31 ↓ -22%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $117.38 ↓ -20%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $126.76 ↓ -14%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $126.76 ↓ -14%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $128.25 ↓ -13%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $130.26 ↓ -12%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $136.53 ↓ -8%
medicare medicare (a) $137.12 ↓ -7%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $137.12 ↓ -7%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $143.98 ↓ -2%
medica medica medicare (a) $143.98 ↓ -2%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $144.51 ↓ -2%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $158.45 ↑ +7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $168.02 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $180.50 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $205.78 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $215.25 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (a) $228.35 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $238.00 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $238.40 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $246.00 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $250.92 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $258.30 ↑ +75%
health partners hpi (a) $296.06 ↑ +101%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $322.71 ↑ +119%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $391.78 ↑ +165%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $464.00 ↑ +214%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $747.68 ↑ +407%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $793.78 ↑ +438%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $933.79 ↑ +533%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $1,002.37 ↑ +579%

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Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $632.80 $92.16 – $711.90
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $147.60 $117.38 – $854.68
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $812.67 $126.76 – $1,070.84
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $812.67 $126.76 – $1,070.84
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $147.60 $117.38 – $466.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $812.67 $126.76 – $1,046.37
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $812.67 $126.76 – $1,046.37
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $812.67 $126.76 – $1,846.32

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