Shoulder MRI (with contrast) at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$1,276.99
Cash price 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.
$2,660.40
Gross charge 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.
$371.08 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $2,234.74 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $371.08 | ↓ -71% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $535.27 | ↓ -58% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $590.61 | ↓ -54% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $719.45 | ↓ -44% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (a) | $746.88 | ↓ -42% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (a) | $746.88 | ↓ -42% |
| allina aetna medicare (a) | allina aetna medicare (a) | $767.50 | ↓ -40% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $786.07 | ↓ -38% |
| medicare | medicare (a) | $807.89 | ↓ -37% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (a) | $807.89 | ↓ -37% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $835.52 | ↓ -35% |
| medica | medica medicare (a) | $848.28 | ↓ -34% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (a) | $848.28 | ↓ -34% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (a) | $851.44 | ↓ -33% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $855.00 | ↓ -33% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $860.00 | ↓ -33% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $864.00 | ↓ -32% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $886.82 | ↓ -31% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $898.00 | ↓ -30% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (a) | $933.60 | ↓ -27% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $945.00 | ↓ -26% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $958.00 | ↓ -25% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $1,026.00 | ↓ -20% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $1,043.19 | ↓ -18% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $1,119.85 | ↓ -12% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $1,201.56 | ↓ -6% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $1,474.00 | ↑ +15% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $1,780.34 | ↑ +39% |
| health partners | hpi (a) | $1,814.59 | ↑ +42% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $1,862.28 | ↑ +46% |
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $1,869.00 | ↑ +46% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (a) | $1,977.90 | ↑ +55% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $2,128.32 | ↑ +67% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $2,234.74 | ↑ +75% |
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Shoulder MRI (with contrast) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $3,704.80 | $611.05 – $4,167.90 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $3,234.40 | $611.05 – $3,638.70 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $3,300.00 | $611.05 – $3,712.50 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $3,234.40 | $577.63 – $3,638.70 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $3,330.40 | $590.11 – $3,746.70 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $3,704.80 | $611.05 – $4,167.90 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $3,169.60 | $611.05 – $3,565.80 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $3,169.60 | $611.05 – $3,565.80 |