Pt wheelchair management each 15 minutes 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

$77.47

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.

$161.40

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.

$22.61 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $313.00 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $22.61 ↓ -71%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $24.75 ↓ -68%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $24.75 ↓ -68%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $28.21 ↓ -64%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $29.54 ↓ -62%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $30.94 ↓ -60%
medicare medicare (a) $31.09 ↓ -60%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $31.09 ↓ -60%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $32.47 ↓ -58%
medica medica medicare (a) $32.64 ↓ -58%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $32.64 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $35.83 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $50.91 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $54.04 ↓ -30%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $56.00 ↓ -28%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $63.56 ↓ -18%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $64.74 ↓ -16%
health partners hpi (a) $65.74 ↓ -15%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $68.24 ↓ -12%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $71.66 ↓ -7%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $94.74 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $108.01 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $112.98 ↑ +46%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $129.12 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $135.58 ↑ +75%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $152.00 ↑ +96%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $172.00 ↑ +122%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $186.00 ↑ +140%
medica health system medica elect (a) $222.00 ↑ +187%
medica medica essentials (a) $223.00 ↑ +188%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $232.00 ↑ +199%
medica health system medica choice (a) $244.00 ↑ +215%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $264.00 ↑ +241%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $313.00 ↑ +304%

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Pt wheelchair management each 15 minutes at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $116.00 $35.10 – $130.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $133.60 $40.43 – $150.30
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $134.40 $40.67 – $151.20
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $102.40 $30.99 – $115.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $115.20 $34.86 – $129.60
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $134.40 $29.33 – $151.20
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $110.40 $29.33 – $124.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $133.60 $40.43 – $150.30

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