Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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

$141.36

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.

$294.50

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.

$39.29 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $210.17 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 premier (a) $39.29 ↓ -72%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $39.62 ↓ -72%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $46.23 ↓ -67%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $47.77 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $49.62 ↓ -65%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $50.28 ↓ -64%
medicare medicare (a) $50.28 ↓ -64%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $50.34 ↓ -64%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $51.26 ↓ -64%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $51.26 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $52.23 ↓ -63%
medica medica medicare (a) $52.79 ↓ -63%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $52.79 ↓ -63%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $55.54 ↓ -61%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $58.44 ↓ -59%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $64.08 ↓ -55%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $73.20 ↓ -48%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $84.64 ↓ -40%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $88.20 ↓ -38%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $93.82 ↓ -34%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $111.09 ↓ -21%
health partners hpi (a) $125.43 ↓ -11%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $136.71 ↓ -3%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $136.72 ↓ -3%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $146.87 ↑ +4%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $151.37 ↑ +7%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $167.43 ↑ +18%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $175.14 ↑ +24%
medica health system medica elect (a) $185.80 ↑ +31%
medica medica essentials (a) $193.65 ↑ +37%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $193.98 ↑ +37%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $200.16 ↑ +42%
medica health system medica choice (a) $204.16 ↑ +44%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $210.17 ↑ +49%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $124.80 $66.00 – $140.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $124.80 $66.00 – $140.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $124.80 $66.00 – $140.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $124.80 $54.91 – $140.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $124.80 $60.84 – $140.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $124.80 $59.28 – $140.40
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $124.80 $59.28 – $140.40
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $141.36 $39.29 – $73.20

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