Homocysteine 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

$55.30

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.

$115.20

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.

$16.68 with allina aetna medicare (a) vs $91.39 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
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $16.68 ↓ -70%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $17.56 ↓ -68%
medicare medicare (a) $17.56 ↓ -68%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $17.90 ↓ -68%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $17.90 ↓ -68%
medica medica medicare (a) $18.44 ↓ -67%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $18.44 ↓ -67%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $20.41 ↓ -63%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $21.89 ↓ -60%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $22.00 ↓ -60%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $22.38 ↓ -60%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $24.15 ↓ -56%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $32.42 ↓ -41%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $37.48 ↓ -32%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $38.35 ↓ -31%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $40.80 ↓ -26%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $48.31 ↓ -13%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $54.63 ↓ -1%
health partners hpi (a) $55.54 ↑ +0%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $58.00 ↑ +5%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $59.45 ↑ +8%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $60.54 ↑ +9%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $63.87 ↑ +15%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $65.82 ↑ +19%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $68.23 ↑ +23%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $72.81 ↑ +32%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $73.23 ↑ +32%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $76.16 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica elect (a) $80.79 ↑ +46%
medica medica essentials (a) $84.21 ↑ +52%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $84.35 ↑ +53%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $87.04 ↑ +57%
medica health system medica choice (a) $88.78 ↑ +61%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $91.39 ↑ +65%

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Homocysteine at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $96.00 $29.05 – $108.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $96.00 $29.05 – $108.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $96.00 $29.05 – $108.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $96.00 $29.05 – $108.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $96.00 $29.05 – $108.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $96.00 $41.22 – $108.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $96.00 $41.22 – $108.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $55.30 $16.68 – $62.44

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