Phlebotomy therapeutic 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

$274.51

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.

$571.90

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.

$115.07 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $506.20 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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) $115.07 ↓ -58%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $117.38 ↓ -57%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $126.76 ↓ -54%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $126.76 ↓ -54%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $126.96 ↓ -54%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $128.25 ↓ -53%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $130.26 ↓ -53%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $137.12 ↓ -50%
medicare medicare (a) $137.12 ↓ -50%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $143.98 ↓ -48%
medica medica medicare (a) $143.98 ↓ -48%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $144.51 ↓ -47%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $152.03 ↓ -45%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $158.45 ↓ -42%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $201.59 ↓ -27%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $214.46 ↓ -22%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $253.92 ↓ -8%
health partners hpi (a) $296.06 ↑ +8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $312.49 ↑ +14%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $322.71 ↑ +18%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $335.71 ↑ +22%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $346.00 ↑ +26%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $377.60 ↑ +38%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $382.72 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $400.33 ↑ +46%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $400.86 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (a) $424.69 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $442.65 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $443.39 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $457.52 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $466.67 ↑ +70%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $471.57 ↑ +72%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $480.40 ↑ +75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $506.20 ↑ +84%

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Phlebotomy therapeutic at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $247.20 $74.81 – $278.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $249.60 $75.54 – $280.80
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $261.60 $79.17 – $294.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $264.00 $79.89 – $297.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $248.00 $75.05 – $279.00
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $261.60 $92.16 – $294.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $216.00 $94.15 – $243.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $249.60 $75.54 – $280.80

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