MRI w/cont, breast, uni 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

$877.44

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.

$1,828.00

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.

$162.11 with health partners vs $1,869.00 with united healthcare (a) — 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
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $162.11 ↓ -82%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $170.13 ↓ -81%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $170.13 ↓ -81%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $171.73 ↓ -80%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $177.12 ↓ -80%
medicare medicare (a) $180.77 ↓ -79%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $180.77 ↓ -79%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $189.81 ↓ -78%
medica medica medicare (a) $189.81 ↓ -78%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $193.95 ↓ -78%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $212.66 ↓ -76%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $238.67 ↓ -73%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $367.79 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $405.82 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi (a) $408.87 ↓ -53%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $445.67 ↓ -49%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $537.38 ↓ -39%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $570.39 ↓ -35%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $644.37 ↓ -27%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $670.95 ↓ -24%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $685.50 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $720.26 ↓ -18%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $855.00 ↓ -3%
medica health system medica elect (a) $860.00 ↓ -2%
medica medica essentials (a) $864.00 ↓ -2%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $898.00 ↑ +2%
medica health system medica choice (a) $945.00 ↑ +8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $998.82 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,073.04 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $1,223.30 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $1,279.60 ↑ +46%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $1,462.40 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,535.52 ↑ +75%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $1,869.00 ↑ +113%

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MRI w/cont, breast, uni at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $877.44 $162.11 – $614.13
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $791.11 $170.13 – $889.92
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $791.11 $170.13 – $889.92
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $877.44 $162.11 – $238.67
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $791.11 $170.13 – $816.44
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $791.11 $170.13 – $816.44
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $791.11 $170.13 – $1,407.82
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $186.92 – $186.92

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