Injection epidural blood patch or clot 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

$922.22

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.

$1,921.30

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.

$260.65 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,733.71 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) $260.65 ↓ -72%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $271.00 ↓ -71%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $312.40 ↓ -66%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $344.70 ↓ -63%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $497.44 ↓ -46%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $528.10 ↓ -43%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $547.33 ↓ -41%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $582.26 ↓ -37%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $621.25 ↓ -33%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $630.63 ↓ -32%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $666.89 ↓ -28%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $672.53 ↓ -27%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $672.53 ↓ -27%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $689.02 ↓ -25%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $689.40 ↓ -25%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $691.10 ↓ -25%
medicare medicare (a) $727.47 ↓ -21%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $727.47 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (a) $763.84 ↓ -17%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $763.84 ↓ -17%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $766.68 ↓ -17%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $840.66 ↓ -9%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $848.40 ↓ -8%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $911.43 ↓ -1%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,039.07 ↑ +13%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $1,086.89 ↑ +18%
medica health system medica elect (a) $1,153.04 ↑ +25%
medica medica essentials (a) $1,201.79 ↑ +30%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $1,203.81 ↑ +31%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $1,242.16 ↑ +35%
medica health system medica choice (a) $1,267.00 ↑ +37%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,304.27 ↑ +41%
health partners hpi (a) $1,590.56 ↑ +72%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $1,733.71 ↑ +88%

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Injection epidural blood patch or clot at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,546.40 $498.90 – $1,739.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,452.80 $509.68 – $1,634.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,593.60 $684.25 – $1,792.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,593.60 $684.25 – $1,792.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $922.22 $260.65 – $3,243.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $545.33 $287.23 – $3,572.45
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $545.33 $287.23 – $3,572.45
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $374.36 $219.26 – $864.90

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