ER Visit (level 1, minor) 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

$91.25

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.

$190.10

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.

$38.25 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $538.00 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $38.25 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $42.20 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $80.19 ↓ -12%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $80.34 ↓ -12%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $80.34 ↓ -12%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $82.56 ↓ -10%
medicare medicare (a) $86.91 ↓ -5%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $86.91 ↓ -5%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $87.61 ↓ -4%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $91.26 ↑ +0%
medica medica medicare (a) $91.26 ↑ +0%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $91.59 ↑ +0%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $93.88 ↑ +3%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $100.43 ↑ +10%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $112.37 ↑ +23%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $127.21 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $133.07 ↑ +46%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $152.08 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $159.68 ↑ +75%
health partners hpi (a) $202.25 ↑ +122%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $214.27 ↑ +135%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $216.00 ↑ +137%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $220.45 ↑ +142%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $227.52 ↑ +149%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $267.65 ↑ +193%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $287.33 ↑ +215%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $294.00 ↑ +222%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $316.00 ↑ +246%
medica health system medica elect (a) $370.00 ↑ +305%
medica medica essentials (a) $372.00 ↑ +308%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $387.00 ↑ +324%
medica health system medica choice (a) $407.00 ↑ +346%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $454.00 ↑ +398%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $538.00 ↑ +490%

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ER Visit (level 1, minor) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $296.80 $89.82 – $333.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $323.20 $92.45 – $363.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $315.20 $92.45 – $354.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $244.00 $73.84 – $274.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $230.40 $69.72 – $259.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $315.20 $64.05 – $354.60
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $256.00 $65.44 – $288.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $323.20 $92.45 – $363.60

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