Pet image w/ct lmtd 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

$2,851.58

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.

$5,940.80

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.

$1,190.96 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $9,120.00 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $1,190.96 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $1,314.08 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $1,328.24 ↓ -53%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $1,362.39 ↓ -52%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $1,362.39 ↓ -52%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $1,395.75 ↓ -51%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $1,400.01 ↓ -51%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $1,451.22 ↓ -49%
medicare medicare (a) $1,473.69 ↓ -48%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $1,473.69 ↓ -48%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $1,547.37 ↓ -46%
medica medica medicare (a) $1,547.37 ↓ -46%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $1,553.12 ↓ -46%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $1,702.99 ↓ -40%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $2,086.55 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,219.74 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $2,628.17 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,234.31 ↑ +13%
health partners hpi (a) $3,350.05 ↑ +17%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $3,466.55 ↑ +22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $3,619.98 ↑ +27%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $3,651.56 ↑ +28%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $3,680.11 ↑ +29%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $3,961.20 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $4,143.51 ↑ +45%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $4,329.25 ↑ +52%
medica health system medica elect (a) $4,395.67 ↑ +54%
medica medica essentials (a) $4,581.54 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $4,589.23 ↑ +61%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $4,647.22 ↑ +63%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $4,735.44 ↑ +66%
medica health system medica choice (a) $4,830.15 ↑ +69%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $4,972.21 ↑ +74%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $9,120.00 ↑ +220%

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Pet image w/ct lmtd at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $6,043.20 $1,531.52 – $6,798.60
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $5,569.60 $1,153.03 – $6,265.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $2,851.58 $1,362.39 – $3,962.35
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $2,554.78 $1,362.39 – $4,992.58
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $2,554.78 $1,362.39 – $4,992.58
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $2,851.58 $1,362.39 – $1,702.99
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $2,554.78 $1,362.39 – $4,992.58
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $2,554.78 $1,362.39 – $4,992.58

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