Mayo chromium 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

$58.18

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.

$121.20

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.

$9.62 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $68.24 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $9.62 ↓ -83%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $13.68 ↓ -76%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $15.10 ↓ -74%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $18.88 ↓ -68%
medicare medicare (a) $19.87 ↓ -66%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $19.87 ↓ -66%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $20.26 ↓ -65%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $20.26 ↓ -65%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $20.86 ↓ -64%
medica medica medicare (a) $20.86 ↓ -64%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $23.10 ↓ -60%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $23.90 ↓ -59%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $23.97 ↓ -59%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $25.33 ↓ -56%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $25.37 ↓ -56%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $25.50 ↓ -56%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $29.85 ↓ -49%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $30.19 ↓ -48%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $32.04 ↓ -45%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $36.55 ↓ -37%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $37.16 ↓ -36%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $39.92 ↓ -31%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $41.14 ↓ -29%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $42.25 ↓ -27%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $45.51 ↓ -22%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $47.60 ↓ -18%
medica health system medica elect (a) $50.50 ↓ -13%
medica medica essentials (a) $52.63 ↓ -10%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $52.72 ↓ -9%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $54.40 ↓ -6%
medica health system medica choice (a) $55.49 ↓ -5%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $57.12 ↓ -2%
health partners hpi (a) $62.61 ↑ +8%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $68.24 ↑ +17%

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Mayo chromium at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $72.00 $21.79 – $81.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $64.80 $19.61 – $72.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $59.20 $17.92 – $66.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $64.80 $19.61 – $72.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $59.20 $25.42 – $66.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $59.20 $25.42 – $66.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $58.18 $9.62 – $36.55
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $67.87 $11.87 – $40.29

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