Esophagus motility study 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

$656.78

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,368.30

Gross charge

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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.

$212.04 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,913.26 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) $212.04 ↓ -68%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $233.97 ↓ -64%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $355.53 ↓ -46%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $355.53 ↓ -46%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $365.34 ↓ -44%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $384.57 ↓ -41%
medicare medicare (a) $384.57 ↓ -41%
medica medica medicare (a) $403.80 ↓ -39%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $403.80 ↓ -39%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $405.30 ↓ -38%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $444.41 ↓ -32%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $468.00 ↓ -29%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $482.33 ↓ -27%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $483.18 ↓ -26%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $513.11 ↓ -22%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $527.92 ↓ -20%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $574.63 ↓ -13%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $618.64 ↓ -6%
medica health system medica elect (a) $622.00 ↓ -5%
medica medica essentials (a) $624.00 ↓ -5%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $649.00 ↓ -1%
medica health system medica choice (a) $683.00 ↑ +4%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $705.27 ↑ +7%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $737.73 ↑ +12%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $747.64 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $827.82 ↑ +26%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $843.12 ↑ +28%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $885.28 ↑ +35%
health partners hpi (a) $1,218.67 ↑ +86%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $1,328.35 ↑ +102%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $1,427.17 ↑ +117%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $1,515.10 ↑ +131%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $1,782.36 ↑ +171%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $1,913.26 ↑ +191%

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Esophagus motility study at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $417.60 $237.88 – $546.77
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $656.78 $355.53 – $3,243.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $794.92 $271.00 – $2,055.44
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $794.92 $271.00 – $2,055.44
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $656.78 $355.53 – $3,243.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $794.92 $271.00 – $2,055.44
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $794.92 $271.00 – $2,055.44
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $794.92 $355.53 – $4,492.24

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