Exchange drainage catheter 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

$1,645.49

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$3,428.10

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.

$271.00 with united healthcare (a) vs $4,749.23 with hpi-cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $271.00 ↓ -84%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $540.03 ↓ -67%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $557.42 ↓ -66%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $615.05 ↓ -63%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $976.60 ↓ -41%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $1,038.94 ↓ -37%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $1,215.92 ↓ -26%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,230.10 ↓ -25%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $1,290.58 ↓ -22%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,513.80 ↓ -8%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $1,518.14 ↓ -8%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,626.28 ↓ -1%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $1,629.70 ↓ -1%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $1,727.45 ↑ +5%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $1,828.25 ↑ +11%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $1,828.25 ↑ +11%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,854.02 ↑ +13%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $1,878.72 ↑ +14%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $1,887.47 ↑ +15%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $1,939.35 ↑ +18%
medicare medicare (a) $1,977.60 ↑ +20%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $1,977.60 ↑ +20%
medica health system medica elect (a) $2,057.37 ↑ +25%
medica medica medicare (a) $2,076.48 ↑ +26%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $2,076.48 ↑ +26%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $2,084.20 ↑ +27%
medica medica essentials (a) $2,144.37 ↑ +30%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $2,147.97 ↑ +31%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $2,216.40 ↑ +35%
medica health system medica choice (a) $2,260.73 ↑ +37%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $2,285.31 ↑ +39%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $2,327.22 ↑ +41%
health partners hpi (a) $4,357.09 ↑ +165%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $4,749.23 ↑ +189%

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Exchange drainage catheter at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $3,181.60 $1,372.76 – $3,579.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $2,448.00 $1,186.36 – $2,754.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,645.49 $540.03 – $3,895.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,645.49 $540.03 – $3,895.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $1,991.84 – $1,991.84
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $1,991.84 – $1,991.84
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $1,991.84 – $1,991.84
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $1,991.84 – $1,991.84

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