Ghs paravert facet/nerve lumb ea add bil 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

$914.26

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.

$1,904.70

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.

$38.79 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $3,243.00 with aetna direct network — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $38.79 ↓ -96%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $42.80 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $113.17 ↓ -88%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $129.02 ↓ -86%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $134.96 ↓ -85%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $154.24 ↓ -83%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $161.95 ↓ -82%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $468.00 ↓ -49%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $628.58 ↓ -31%
medica health system medica elect (a) $1,158.00 ↑ +27%
medica medica essentials (a) $1,188.00 ↑ +30%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $1,210.00 ↑ +32%
medica health system medica choice (a) $1,273.00 ↑ +39%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $1,561.20 ↑ +71%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $1,657.39 ↑ +81%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $1,949.72 ↑ +113%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $2,092.93 ↑ +129%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $2,104.00 ↑ +130%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,255.00 ↑ +147%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $2,562.00 ↑ +180%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,243.00 ↑ +255%

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Ghs paravert facet/nerve lumb ea add bil at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,052.80 $1.02 – $1,184.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,081.60 $464.41 – $1,216.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,081.60 $464.41 – $1,216.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $914.26 $468.00 – $3,243.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $701.90 $85.57 – $2,248.47
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $701.90 $85.57 – $2,248.47
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $164.70 $54.72 – $3,460.01
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $914.26 $468.00 – $3,243.00

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