Iron 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

$25.73

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.

$53.60

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.

$6.02 with allina aetna medicare (a) vs $28.22 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
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $6.02 ↓ -77%
medicare medicare (a) $6.34 ↓ -75%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $6.34 ↓ -75%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $6.46 ↓ -75%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $6.46 ↓ -75%
medica medica medicare (a) $6.66 ↓ -74%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $6.66 ↓ -74%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $6.76 ↓ -74%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $7.36 ↓ -71%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $7.46 ↓ -71%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $8.07 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $8.46 ↓ -67%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $11.79 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $11.84 ↓ -54%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $12.60 ↓ -51%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $13.63 ↓ -47%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $14.92 ↓ -42%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $18.36 ↓ -29%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $19.72 ↓ -23%
health partners hpi (a) $20.20 ↓ -21%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $20.33 ↓ -21%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $21.01 ↓ -18%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $22.01 ↓ -14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $22.30 ↓ -13%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $22.49 ↓ -13%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $23.52 ↓ -9%
medica health system medica elect (a) $24.95 ↓ -3%
medica medica essentials (a) $26.01 ↑ +1%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $26.05 ↑ +1%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $26.23 ↑ +2%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $26.88 ↑ +4%
medica health system medica choice (a) $27.42 ↑ +7%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $28.17 ↑ +9%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $28.22 ↑ +10%

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