Postop dress & 1 cast chg bk 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

$2,880.10

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.

$6,000.20

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (a) vs $5,040.17 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
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $763.62 ↓ -73%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $1,207.24 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $1,332.04 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $1,719.36 ↓ -40%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $1,824.94 ↓ -37%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $1,836.48 ↓ -36%
medicare medicare (a) $1,933.14 ↓ -33%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $1,933.14 ↓ -33%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $1,962.80 ↓ -32%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $1,962.80 ↓ -32%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $2,029.80 ↓ -30%
medica medica medicare (a) $2,029.80 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $2,115.07 ↓ -27%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $2,146.72 ↓ -25%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $2,237.59 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $2,250.07 ↓ -22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $2,304.47 ↓ -20%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $2,453.50 ↓ -15%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $2,664.09 ↓ -8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $3,278.51 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $3,522.12 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $4,015.33 ↑ +39%
medica health system medica elect (a) $4,455.75 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $4,644.15 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $4,651.96 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $4,800.16 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $4,896.16 ↑ +70%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $5,040.17 ↑ +75%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $5,040.17 ↑ +75%

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Postop dress & 1 cast chg bk at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $2,880.10 $763.62 – $2,453.50
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $3,360.11 $1,096.74 – $4,427.53
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $3,360.11 $1,096.74 – $4,427.53
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $2,529.63 $1,144.20 – $3,694.12
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $2,880.10 $763.62 – $2,453.50
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $3,360.11 $1,096.74 – $4,427.53
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $3,360.11 $1,096.74 – $4,427.53
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $3,360.11 $1,123.97 – $4,504.30

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