M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq 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

$556.66

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.

$1,159.70

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.

$51.59 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $875.20 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $51.59 ↓ -91%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $128.13 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $136.01 ↓ -76%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $156.05 ↓ -72%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $160.01 ↓ -71%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $166.81 ↓ -70%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $170.49 ↓ -69%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $171.77 ↓ -69%
medicare medicare (a) $175.59 ↓ -68%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $175.59 ↓ -68%
medica medica medicare (a) $184.37 ↓ -67%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $184.37 ↓ -67%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $209.63 ↓ -62%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $231.30 ↓ -58%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $332.01 ↓ -40%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $332.01 ↓ -40%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $367.27 ↓ -34%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $378.49 ↓ -32%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $390.71 ↓ -30%
health partners hpi (a) $393.59 ↓ -29%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $415.01 ↓ -25%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $429.01 ↓ -23%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $462.60 ↓ -17%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $569.29 ↑ +2%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $611.60 ↑ +10%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $630.35 ↑ +13%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $697.24 ↑ +25%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $729.33 ↑ +31%
medica health system medica elect (a) $773.71 ↑ +39%
medica medica essentials (a) $806.43 ↑ +45%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $807.79 ↑ +45%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $833.52 ↑ +50%
medica health system medica choice (a) $850.19 ↑ +53%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $875.20 ↑ +57%

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M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $833.60 $252.27 – $937.80
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $800.00 $242.10 – $900.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $833.60 $123.23 – $937.80
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $833.60 $341.78 – $895.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $833.60 $341.78 – $895.50
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $556.66 $51.59 – $415.01
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $679.17 $63.66 – $358.57
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $679.17 $63.66 – $341.97

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