Lvad shower bag heartmate 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

$821.28

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.

$1,711.00

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 $1,301.47 with hpi-cigna — 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%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $235.99 ↓ -71%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $244.42 ↓ -70%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $260.38 ↓ -68%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $413.45 ↓ -50%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $439.84 ↓ -46%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $520.77 ↓ -37%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $550.34 ↓ -33%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $584.14 ↓ -29%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $587.84 ↓ -28%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $618.78 ↓ -25%
medicare medicare (a) $618.78 ↓ -25%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $628.27 ↓ -24%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $628.27 ↓ -24%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $640.87 ↓ -22%
medica medica medicare (a) $649.72 ↓ -21%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $649.72 ↓ -21%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $687.14 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $688.49 ↓ -16%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $716.23 ↓ -13%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $737.63 ↓ -10%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $784.90 ↓ -4%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $785.34 ↓ -4%
medica health system medica elect (a) $871.00 ↑ +6%
medica medica essentials (a) $907.82 ↑ +11%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $909.35 ↑ +11%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $938.32 ↑ +14%
medica health system medica choice (a) $957.09 ↑ +17%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $985.24 ↑ +20%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $985.24 ↑ +20%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $1,083.95 ↑ +32%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $1,172.90 ↑ +43%
health partners hpi (a) $1,194.01 ↑ +45%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $1,301.47 ↑ +58%

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Lvad shower bag heartmate at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $821.28 $244.42 – $1,083.95
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $958.16 $351.06 – $865.48
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $958.16 $351.06 – $865.48
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $823.70 $366.25 – $1,015.25
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $821.28 $244.42 – $1,083.95
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $958.16 $351.06 – $865.48
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $958.16 $351.06 – $865.48
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $958.16 $359.77 – $1,441.77

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