Parathyroid planar imaging 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

$1,785.46

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.

$3,719.70

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.

$365.92 with health partners vs $3,124.55 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
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $365.92 ↓ -80%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $380.88 ↓ -79%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $380.88 ↓ -79%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $391.40 ↓ -78%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $399.80 ↓ -78%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $412.00 ↓ -77%
medicare medicare (a) $412.00 ↓ -77%
medica medica medicare (a) $432.60 ↓ -76%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $432.60 ↓ -76%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $434.20 ↓ -76%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $476.10 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $688.40 ↓ -61%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $748.40 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $825.77 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi (a) $922.92 ↓ -48%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $1,005.98 ↓ -44%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $1,311.19 ↓ -27%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $1,313.78 ↓ -26%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $1,394.77 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $1,394.89 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,492.26 ↓ -16%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $1,640.80 ↓ -8%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,651.55 ↓ -8%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $1,761.32 ↓ -1%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $2,032.44 ↑ +14%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $2,250.42 ↑ +26%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $2,489.22 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $2,603.79 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (a) $2,762.25 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $2,879.05 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $2,883.88 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $2,975.76 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $3,035.28 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $3,124.55 ↑ +75%

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Parathyroid planar imaging at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,532.00 $421.92 – $1,723.50
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $1,509.60 $421.92 – $1,698.30
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,509.60 $297.55 – $1,698.30
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,532.00 $421.92 – $1,723.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $955.20 $410.14 – $1,074.60
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $955.20 $410.14 – $1,074.60
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,785.46 $380.88 – $1,501.79
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $3,105.70 $380.88 – $4,092.30

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