Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$6.07
Cash price 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.
$12.65
Gross charge 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 $2.84 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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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $0.24 | ↓ -96% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $0.27 | ↓ -96% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $0.33 | ↓ -95% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $0.34 | ↓ -94% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $0.35 | ↓ -94% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $0.68 | ↓ -89% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $0.75 | ↓ -88% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $1.19 | ↓ -80% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $1.27 | ↓ -79% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $1.50 | ↓ -75% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $1.85 | ↓ -70% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $1.98 | ↓ -67% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $2.26 | ↓ -63% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $2.37 | ↓ -61% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $2.42 | ↓ -60% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $2.49 | ↓ -59% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $2.53 | ↓ -58% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $2.66 | ↓ -56% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $2.70 | ↓ -56% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $2.84 | ↓ -53% |
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Methylprednisolone 4 mg tablet at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $1.20 | $0.36 – $1.35 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $4.85 | $1.47 – $5.45 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $6.00 | $1.02 – $6.74 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $5.68 | $2.44 – $6.39 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $5.68 | $2.44 – $6.39 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $6.07 | $0.24 – $0.39 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $14.08 | $0.24 – $2.36 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $14.08 | $0.24 – $2.36 |