Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (without contrast) 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

$431.81

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.

$899.60

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.

$96.84 with health partners vs $1,366.00 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) $96.84 ↓ -78%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $99.61 ↓ -77%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $99.61 ↓ -77%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $102.36 ↓ -76%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $105.81 ↓ -75%
medicare medicare (a) $107.75 ↓ -75%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $107.75 ↓ -75%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $113.14 ↓ -74%
medica medica medicare (a) $113.14 ↓ -74%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $113.56 ↓ -74%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $124.51 ↓ -71%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $127.49 ↓ -70%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $181.00 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $199.71 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi (a) $244.25 ↓ -43%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $266.23 ↓ -38%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $287.06 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $304.69 ↓ -29%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $358.41 ↓ -17%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $384.74 ↓ -11%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $602.01 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $629.72 ↑ +46%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $654.00 ↑ +51%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $719.68 ↑ +67%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $735.00 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $755.66 ↑ +75%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $788.00 ↑ +82%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $814.98 ↑ +89%
medica health system medica elect (a) $943.00 ↑ +118%
medica medica essentials (a) $947.00 ↑ +119%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $984.00 ↑ +128%
medica health system medica choice (a) $1,036.00 ↑ +140%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $1,136.00 ↑ +163%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $1,366.00 ↑ +216%

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Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (without contrast) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $2,447.20 $111.66 – $2,753.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $2,440.00 $111.66 – $2,745.00
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,996.80 $111.66 – $2,246.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,886.40 $111.66 – $2,122.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $2,522.40 $111.66 – $2,837.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,996.80 $79.32 – $2,246.40
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $2,072.40 $81.04 – $2,331.45
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $2,440.00 $111.66 – $2,745.00

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