Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$328.94
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.
$685.30
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.
$76.76 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,005.98 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.
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) | $76.76 | ↓ -77% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $117.24 | ↓ -64% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $129.36 | ↓ -61% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $146.48 | ↓ -55% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $155.51 | ↓ -53% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $182.94 | ↓ -44% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $196.38 | ↓ -40% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $205.40 | ↓ -38% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $218.51 | ↓ -34% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $258.72 | ↓ -21% |
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $271.00 | ↓ -18% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $318.39 | ↓ -3% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $342.04 | ↑ +4% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $365.92 | ↑ +11% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (a) | $380.88 | ↑ +16% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (a) | $380.88 | ↑ +16% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $389.94 | ↑ +19% |
| allina aetna medicare (a) | allina aetna medicare (a) | $391.40 | ↑ +19% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $399.80 | ↑ +22% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $407.89 | ↑ +24% |
| medicare | medicare (a) | $412.00 | ↑ +25% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (a) | $412.00 | ↑ +25% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (a) | $432.60 | ↑ +32% |
| medica | medica medicare (a) | $432.60 | ↑ +32% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $432.71 | ↑ +32% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (a) | $434.20 | ↑ +32% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $451.01 | ↑ +37% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $451.77 | ↑ +37% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $466.16 | ↑ +42% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $475.48 | ↑ +45% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (a) | $476.10 | ↑ +45% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $489.47 | ↑ +49% |
| health partners | hpi (a) | $922.92 | ↑ +181% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (a) | $1,005.98 | ↑ +206% |
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Injection radioactive tracer sentinel node (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,218.40 | $297.55 – $1,370.70 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,140.00 | $303.98 – $1,282.50 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,078.40 | $421.92 – $1,213.20 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,078.40 | $421.92 – $1,213.20 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $328.94 | $76.76 – $3,243.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $145.04 | $84.59 – $1,002.38 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $145.04 | $84.59 – $1,002.38 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $403.59 | $84.23 – $589.38 |