Ghs fb removal - non-incisional 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

$494.59

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.

$1,030.40

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.

$124.04 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $4,056.36 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
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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) $124.04 ↓ -75%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $167.54 ↓ -66%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $184.86 ↓ -63%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $271.00 ↓ -45%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $279.31 ↓ -44%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $293.53 ↓ -41%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $296.45 ↓ -40%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $312.26 ↓ -37%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $348.73 ↓ -29%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $369.72 ↓ -25%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $374.35 ↓ -24%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $454.99 ↓ -8%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $488.79 ↓ -1%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $557.24 ↑ +13%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $582.89 ↑ +18%
medica health system medica elect (a) $618.36 ↑ +25%
medica medica essentials (a) $644.51 ↑ +30%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $645.59 ↑ +31%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $666.16 ↑ +35%
medica health system medica choice (a) $679.48 ↑ +37%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $699.47 ↑ +41%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $1,475.43 ↑ +198%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $1,573.57 ↑ +218%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $1,573.57 ↑ +218%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $1,612.11 ↑ +226%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $1,617.00 ↑ +227%
medicare medicare (a) $1,702.11 ↑ +244%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $1,702.11 ↑ +244%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $1,787.22 ↑ +261%
medica medica medicare (a) $1,787.22 ↑ +261%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $1,793.87 ↑ +263%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $1,966.96 ↑ +298%
health partners hpi (a) $3,721.43 ↑ +652%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $4,056.36 ↑ +720%

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Ghs fb removal - non-incisional at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $3,285.60 $994.30 – $3,696.30
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,240.80 $1,169.64 – $2,520.90
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $2,330.40 $1,129.37 – $2,621.70
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $494.59 $124.04 – $3,784.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $316.68 $178.16 – $3,572.45
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $316.68 $178.16 – $3,572.45
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $494.59 $124.04 – $3,784.00
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $316.68 $178.16 – $3,760.50

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