Knee-shin fluid swg & stance 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

$4,351.06

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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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$9,064.70

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 $7,614.35 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — same scan, same building. Share

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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%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $1,153.63 ↓ -73%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $1,823.82 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $2,012.36 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $2,597.50 ↓ -40%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $2,757.00 ↓ -37%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $2,774.42 ↓ -36%
medicare medicare (a) $2,920.44 ↓ -33%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $2,920.44 ↓ -33%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $2,965.26 ↓ -32%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $2,965.26 ↓ -32%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $3,066.46 ↓ -30%
medica medica medicare (a) $3,066.46 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $3,195.31 ↓ -27%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $3,243.12 ↓ -25%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $3,380.40 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $3,399.26 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $3,481.44 ↓ -20%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $3,706.58 ↓ -15%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $4,024.73 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $4,952.95 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $5,320.98 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $6,066.10 ↑ +39%
medica health system medica elect (a) $6,731.45 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $7,016.08 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $7,027.86 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $7,251.76 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $7,396.80 ↑ +70%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $7,614.35 ↑ +75%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $7,614.35 ↑ +75%

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Knee-shin fluid swg & stance at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $4,351.06 $1,153.63 – $3,706.58
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $5,076.23 $1,656.89 – $6,688.82
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $5,076.23 $1,656.89 – $6,688.82
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $3,821.55 $1,728.59 – $5,580.76
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $4,351.06 $1,153.63 – $3,706.58
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $5,076.23 $1,656.89 – $6,688.82
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $5,076.23 $1,656.89 – $6,688.82
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $5,076.23 $1,698.03 – $6,804.80

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