Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$1,939.97
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.
$4,041.60
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.
$255.05 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $4,255.00 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) | $255.05 | ↓ -87% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $486.76 | ↓ -75% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $516.76 | ↓ -73% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $557.73 | ↓ -71% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $607.92 | ↓ -69% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $615.38 | ↓ -68% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $652.57 | ↓ -66% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $810.73 | ↓ -58% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (a) | $842.69 | ↓ -57% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (a) | $842.69 | ↓ -57% |
| allina aetna medicare (a) | allina aetna medicare (a) | $865.95 | ↓ -55% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $885.79 | ↓ -54% |
| medicare | medicare (a) | $911.53 | ↓ -53% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (a) | $911.53 | ↓ -53% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (a) | $957.11 | ↓ -51% |
| medica | medica medicare (a) | $957.11 | ↓ -51% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (a) | $960.67 | ↓ -50% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (a) | $1,053.36 | ↓ -46% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $1,324.00 | ↓ -32% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $1,627.16 | ↓ -16% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,855.02 | ↓ -4% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $1,940.40 | ↑ +0% |
| health partners | hpi (a) | $2,044.80 | ↑ +5% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $2,104.00 | ↑ +8% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $2,217.60 | ↑ +14% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (a) | $2,228.83 | ↑ +15% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $2,255.00 | ↑ +16% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $2,328.48 | ↑ +20% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $2,457.00 | ↑ +27% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $2,501.00 | ↑ +29% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $2,565.00 | ↑ +32% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $2,700.00 | ↑ +39% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $3,243.00 | ↑ +67% |
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $4,255.00 | ↑ +119% |
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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,311.20 | $657.57 – $2,600.10 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $2,155.20 | $925.39 – $2,424.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $2,155.20 | $925.39 – $2,424.60 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $1,939.97 | $255.05 – $3,243.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $1,521.07 | $281.06 – $3,572.45 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $1,521.07 | $281.06 – $3,572.45 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $1,520.51 | $279.90 – $1,440.46 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $1,939.97 | $255.05 – $3,243.00 |