Fluoroscopy (Live X-ray Guidance, up to 1 hour) 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

$2,491.58

Cash price

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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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$5,190.80

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.

$56.44 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $605.14 with hpi-cigna — 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $56.44 ↓ -98%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $123.80 ↓ -95%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $136.60 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $140.16 ↓ -94%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $148.80 ↓ -94%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $175.05 ↓ -93%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $180.00 ↓ -93%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $187.90 ↓ -92%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $216.00 ↓ -91%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $220.12 ↓ -91%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $227.33 ↓ -91%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $227.33 ↓ -91%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $233.60 ↓ -91%
medica health system medica elect (a) $238.00 ↓ -90%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $238.00 ↓ -90%
medica medica essentials (a) $240.00 ↓ -90%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $240.50 ↓ -90%
medicare medicare (a) $245.90 ↓ -90%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $245.90 ↓ -90%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $249.00 ↓ -90%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $258.19 ↓ -90%
medica medica medicare (a) $258.19 ↓ -90%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $259.16 ↓ -90%
medica health system medica choice (a) $262.00 ↓ -89%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $284.16 ↓ -89%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $325.00 ↓ -87%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $331.00 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $361.18 ↓ -86%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $411.76 ↓ -83%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $430.71 ↓ -83%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $492.24 ↓ -80%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $516.85 ↓ -79%
health partners hpi (a) $555.18 ↓ -78%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $605.14 ↓ -76%

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Fluoroscopy (Live X-ray Guidance, up to 1 hour) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $664.00 $200.94 – $747.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $376.80 $114.03 – $423.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $695.20 $176.78 – $782.10
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $500.00 $180.60 – $562.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $516.80 $221.90 – $581.40
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $516.80 $221.90 – $581.40
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $2,491.58 $56.44 – $331.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $2,092.94 $69.64 – $393.82

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