Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus 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

$76.90

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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.

$160.20

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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$10.88 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $134.57 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — 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
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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) $10.88 ↓ -86%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $14.96 ↓ -81%
medicare medicare (a) $15.75 ↓ -80%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $15.75 ↓ -80%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $16.06 ↓ -79%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $16.06 ↓ -79%
medica medica medicare (a) $16.54 ↓ -78%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $16.54 ↓ -78%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $18.31 ↓ -76%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $20.07 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $27.03 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $28.69 ↓ -63%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $28.88 ↓ -62%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $32.23 ↓ -58%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $33.39 ↓ -57%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $33.76 ↓ -56%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $35.56 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $36.23 ↓ -53%
health partners hpi (a) $49.48 ↓ -36%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $53.94 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $56.47 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $60.07 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $71.13 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $87.53 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $94.04 ↑ +22%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $96.92 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $107.21 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $112.14 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (a) $118.96 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $123.99 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $124.20 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $128.16 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $130.72 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $134.57 ↑ +75%

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Mayo infectious agent antigen immunoassay direct optical observation cryptococcus at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $104.80 $27.12 – $100.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $188.00 $31.47 – $117.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $68.00 $19.37 – $72.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $64.00 $19.37 – $72.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $188.00 $31.47 – $117.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $134.40 $21.30 – $55.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $134.40 $21.30 – $55.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $76.90 $10.88 – $30.90

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