Ghs hcv amplificaiton 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

$227.76

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.

$474.50

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.

$16.78 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $137.09 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — 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) $16.78 ↓ -93%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $32.67 ↓ -86%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $32.84 ↓ -86%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $34.39 ↓ -85%
medicare medicare (a) $34.39 ↓ -85%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $35.06 ↓ -85%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $35.06 ↓ -85%
medica medica medicare (a) $36.11 ↓ -84%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $36.11 ↓ -84%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $36.23 ↓ -84%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $39.97 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $41.67 ↓ -82%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $43.83 ↓ -81%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $44.23 ↓ -81%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $52.04 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $55.86 ↓ -75%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $57.53 ↓ -75%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $61.20 ↓ -73%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $63.07 ↓ -72%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $72.46 ↓ -68%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $72.92 ↓ -68%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $89.17 ↓ -61%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $95.80 ↓ -58%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $98.74 ↓ -57%
health partners hpi (a) $108.05 ↓ -53%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $109.21 ↓ -52%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $114.24 ↓ -50%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $117.78 ↓ -48%
medica health system medica elect (a) $121.19 ↓ -47%
medica medica essentials (a) $126.32 ↓ -45%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $126.53 ↓ -44%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $130.56 ↓ -43%
medica health system medica choice (a) $133.17 ↓ -42%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $137.09 ↓ -40%

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