Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$65.27

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.

$135.97

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 $93.90 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
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $10.32 ↓ -84%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $11.65 ↓ -82%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $13.70 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $14.00 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $14.71 ↓ -77%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $22.49 ↓ -66%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $24.82 ↓ -62%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $39.41 ↓ -40%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $41.92 ↓ -36%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $49.63 ↓ -24%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $61.08 ↓ -6%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $65.62 ↑ +1%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $74.81 ↑ +15%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $78.25 ↑ +20%
medica health system medica elect (a) $80.16 ↑ +23%
medica medica essentials (a) $82.50 ↑ +26%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $83.70 ↑ +28%
medica health system medica choice (a) $88.09 ↑ +35%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $89.43 ↑ +37%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $93.90 ↑ +44%

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Meperidine (pf) 25 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $25.64 $7.54 – $28.03
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $64.36 $18.37 – $68.28
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $53.40 $1.02 – $54.98
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $64.36 $1.00 – $69.18
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $35.30 $15.14 – $39.66
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $35.30 $15.14 – $39.66
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $65.27 $10.32 – $16.46
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $73.11 $10.32 – $86.25

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