Laryngoscopy telescopic 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

$376.08

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$783.50

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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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$157.64 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,949.84 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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

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

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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $157.64 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $173.94 ↓ -54%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $271.00 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $276.18 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $293.81 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $347.87 ↓ -8%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $353.61 ↓ -6%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $372.64 ↓ -1%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $372.64 ↓ -1%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $382.94 ↑ +2%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $386.35 ↑ +3%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $403.09 ↑ +7%
medicare medicare (a) $403.09 ↑ +7%
medica medica medicare (a) $423.24 ↑ +13%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $423.24 ↑ +13%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $424.81 ↑ +13%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $428.10 ↑ +14%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $465.80 ↑ +24%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $524.32 ↑ +39%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $545.01 ↑ +45%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $548.45 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (a) $581.83 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $606.43 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $607.45 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $626.80 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $639.34 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $658.14 ↑ +75%
health partners hpi (a) $891.87 ↑ +137%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $972.14 ↑ +158%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $1,227.14 ↑ +226%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $1,302.48 ↑ +246%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $1,532.14 ↑ +307%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $1,644.73 ↑ +337%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $2,949.84 ↑ +684%

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Laryngoscopy telescopic at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $376.08 $353.61 – $1,402.37
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $263.76 $318.85 – $1,816.98
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $263.76 $318.85 – $1,816.98
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $376.08 $353.61 – $545.01
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $263.76 $318.85 – $1,816.98
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $263.76 $318.85 – $1,816.98
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $263.76 $199.29 – $3,214.78
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $407.73 – $407.73

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