Leg CT Scan (with contrast, both legs) 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

$935.71

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.

$1,949.40

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.

$156.54 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,637.50 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

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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $156.54 ↓ -83%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $162.11 ↓ -83%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $167.11 ↓ -82%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $167.11 ↓ -82%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $171.73 ↓ -82%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $177.12 ↓ -81%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $180.77 ↓ -81%
medicare medicare (a) $180.77 ↓ -81%
medica medica medicare (a) $189.81 ↓ -80%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $189.81 ↓ -80%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $190.51 ↓ -80%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $208.89 ↓ -78%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $352.45 ↓ -62%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $374.09 ↓ -60%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $392.22 ↓ -58%
health partners hpi (a) $408.87 ↓ -56%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $432.77 ↓ -54%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $440.06 ↓ -53%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $445.67 ↓ -52%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $472.40 ↓ -50%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $654.00 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $735.00 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $788.00 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $814.98 ↓ -13%
medica health system medica elect (a) $943.00 ↑ +1%
medica medica essentials (a) $947.00 ↑ +1%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $984.00 ↑ +5%
medica health system medica choice (a) $1,036.00 ↑ +11%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,136.00 ↑ +21%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,304.54 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $1,364.58 ↑ +46%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $1,366.00 ↑ +46%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $1,559.52 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,637.50 ↑ +75%

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Leg CT Scan (with contrast, both legs) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,866.40 $186.92 – $2,099.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $2,652.80 $186.92 – $2,984.40
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $2,099.20 $186.92 – $2,361.60
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,960.80 $186.92 – $2,205.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $2,700.00 $186.92 – $3,037.50
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $2,099.20 $132.55 – $2,361.60
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $2,279.20 $135.41 – $2,564.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $2,652.80 $186.92 – $2,984.40

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