ER Visit (level 3) 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

$331.63

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.

$690.90

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.

$139.01 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,084.00 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) $139.01 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $153.38 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $252.14 ↓ -24%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $260.08 ↓ -22%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $260.08 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $262.88 ↓ -21%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $267.26 ↓ -19%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $275.49 ↓ -17%
medicare medicare (a) $281.33 ↓ -15%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $281.33 ↓ -15%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $295.40 ↓ -11%
medica medica medicare (a) $295.40 ↓ -11%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $296.49 ↓ -11%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $325.10 ↓ -2%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $370.00 ↑ +12%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $408.39 ↑ +23%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $418.00 ↑ +26%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $448.00 ↑ +35%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $462.35 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $483.63 ↑ +46%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $552.72 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $580.36 ↑ +75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $599.94 ↑ +81%
health partners hpi (a) $635.94 ↑ +92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $637.06 ↑ +92%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $644.00 ↑ +94%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $693.18 ↑ +109%
medica health system medica elect (a) $739.00 ↑ +123%
medica medica essentials (a) $741.00 ↑ +123%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $749.44 ↑ +126%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $771.00 ↑ +132%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $804.53 ↑ +143%
medica health system medica choice (a) $812.00 ↑ +145%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $1,084.00 ↑ +227%

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ER Visit (level 3) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $836.00 $252.99 – $940.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $704.80 $213.29 – $792.90
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $888.00 $268.73 – $999.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $569.60 $172.38 – $640.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $658.40 $199.25 – $740.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $888.00 $205.84 – $999.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $668.00 $210.29 – $751.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $704.80 $213.29 – $792.90

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