Interferon alfa-2b inj 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

$2,510.06

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.

$5,229.30

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (a) vs $2,199.68 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
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $0.01 ↓ -100%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $30.37 ↓ -99%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $30.37 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $31.90 ↓ -99%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $34.62 ↓ -99%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $36.01 ↓ -99%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $37.96 ↓ -98%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $42.35 ↓ -98%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $43.25 ↓ -98%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $45.46 ↓ -98%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $526.88 ↓ -79%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $581.34 ↓ -77%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $923.08 ↓ -63%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $982.00 ↓ -61%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,162.69 ↓ -54%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,430.84 ↓ -43%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,537.16 ↓ -39%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,752.41 ↓ -30%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $1,833.07 ↓ -27%
medica health system medica elect (a) $1,877.85 ↓ -25%
medica medica essentials (a) $1,932.58 ↓ -23%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $1,960.60 ↓ -22%
medica health system medica choice (a) $2,063.51 ↓ -18%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $2,094.94 ↓ -17%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $2,199.68 ↓ -12%

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Interferon alfa-2b inj at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,990.80 $602.46 – $2,239.64
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $2,510.06 $30.37 – $50.87
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $2,098.04 $30.37 – $61.58
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $2,098.04 $30.37 – $61.58
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $2,510.06 $30.37 – $42.35
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $2,098.04 $30.37 – $61.58
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $2,098.04 $30.37 – $61.58
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $2,098.04 $30.37 – $1,743.74

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