Prealbumin 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

$28.37

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.

$59.10

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.

$11.59 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $49.53 with hpi-cigna — 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) $11.59 ↓ -59%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $12.79 ↓ -55%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $13.59 ↓ -52%
medicare medicare (a) $14.30 ↓ -50%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $14.30 ↓ -50%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $14.45 ↓ -49%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $14.58 ↓ -49%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $14.58 ↓ -49%
medica medica medicare (a) $15.02 ↓ -47%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $15.02 ↓ -47%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $16.62 ↓ -41%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $18.23 ↓ -36%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $20.30 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $21.60 ↓ -24%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $25.57 ↓ -10%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $26.53 ↓ -6%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $30.67 ↑ +8%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $31.47 ↑ +11%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $33.81 ↑ +19%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $34.85 ↑ +23%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $35.88 ↑ +26%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $38.09 ↑ +34%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $38.55 ↑ +36%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $40.32 ↑ +42%
medica health system medica elect (a) $42.77 ↑ +51%
medica medica essentials (a) $44.58 ↑ +57%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $44.66 ↑ +57%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $44.81 ↑ +58%
health partners hpi (a) $45.44 ↑ +60%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $46.08 ↑ +62%
medica health system medica choice (a) $47.00 ↑ +66%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $48.11 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $48.38 ↑ +71%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $49.53 ↑ +75%

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Prealbumin at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $100.00 $30.26 – $112.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $94.40 $28.57 – $106.20
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $87.20 $26.39 – $98.10
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $44.00 $13.32 – $49.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $94.40 $28.57 – $106.20
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $80.00 $34.35 – $90.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $80.00 $34.35 – $90.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $28.37 $13.59 – $41.02

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