Fetal fluid drainage w/us 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

$304.22

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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.

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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$633.80

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.

$103.05 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,185.64 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) $103.05 ↓ -66%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $113.71 ↓ -63%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $180.55 ↓ -41%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $192.08 ↓ -37%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $227.42 ↓ -25%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $271.00 ↓ -11%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $277.01 ↓ -9%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $279.87 ↓ -8%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $290.33 ↓ -5%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $290.33 ↓ -5%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $298.35 ↓ -2%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $300.66 ↓ -1%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $302.65 ↓ -1%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $314.05 ↑ +3%
medicare medicare (a) $314.05 ↑ +3%
medica medica medicare (a) $329.75 ↑ +8%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $329.75 ↑ +8%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $330.98 ↑ +9%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $342.76 ↑ +13%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $356.10 ↑ +17%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $358.54 ↑ +18%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $362.91 ↑ +19%
medica health system medica elect (a) $380.36 ↑ +25%
medica medica essentials (a) $396.44 ↑ +30%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $397.11 ↑ +31%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $409.76 ↑ +35%
medica health system medica choice (a) $417.96 ↑ +37%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $430.25 ↑ +41%
health partners hpi (a) $698.66 ↑ +130%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $761.54 ↑ +150%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $884.42 ↑ +191%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $938.91 ↑ +209%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $1,104.52 ↑ +263%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $1,185.64 ↑ +290%

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Fetal fluid drainage w/us at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $304.22 $277.01 – $3,243.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $190.34 $178.31 – $1,273.75
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $190.34 $178.31 – $1,273.75
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $147.95 $115.65 – $1,960.10
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $304.22 $277.01 – $3,243.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $190.34 $178.31 – $1,273.75
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $190.34 $178.31 – $1,273.75
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $190.34 $111.45 – $2,783.83

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