Injection for tear sac x-ray at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$159.26
Cash price 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.
$331.80
Gross charge 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.
$56.36 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $271.00 with united healthcare (a) — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $56.36 | ↓ -65% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $56.76 | ↓ -64% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $62.63 | ↓ -61% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $99.44 | ↓ -38% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $105.79 | ↓ -34% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $125.25 | ↓ -21% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $126.88 | ↓ -20% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $134.67 | ↓ -15% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $154.14 | ↓ -3% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $158.42 | ↓ -1% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $165.59 | ↑ +4% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $170.07 | ↑ +7% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $188.78 | ↑ +19% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $197.47 | ↑ +24% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $209.49 | ↑ +32% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $218.35 | ↑ +37% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $218.71 | ↑ +37% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $225.68 | ↑ +42% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $230.19 | ↑ +45% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $236.96 | ↑ +49% |
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $271.00 | ↑ +70% |
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Injection for tear sac x-ray at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $159.26 | $56.36 – $3,243.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $67.31 | $80.94 – $187.87 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $67.31 | $80.94 – $187.87 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $159.26 | $56.36 – $3,243.00 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $67.31 | $80.94 – $187.87 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $67.31 | $80.94 – $187.87 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $67.31 | $50.86 – $332.40 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | not published | $1.02 – $58.07 |