Sickling rbc 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

$135.36

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.

$282.00

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.

$2.05 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $11.32 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) $2.05 ↓ -98%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $2.26 ↓ -98%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $3.60 ↓ -97%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $3.60 ↓ -97%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $3.82 ↓ -97%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $4.53 ↓ -97%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $5.13 ↓ -96%
medicare medicare (a) $5.40 ↓ -96%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $5.40 ↓ -96%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $5.51 ↓ -96%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $5.51 ↓ -96%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $5.57 ↓ -96%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $5.67 ↓ -96%
medica medica medicare (a) $5.67 ↓ -96%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $5.99 ↓ -96%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $6.17 ↓ -95%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $6.28 ↓ -95%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $6.83 ↓ -95%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $6.89 ↓ -95%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $7.14 ↓ -95%
medica health system medica elect (a) $7.57 ↓ -94%
medica medica essentials (a) $7.89 ↓ -94%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $7.91 ↓ -94%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $8.10 ↓ -94%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $8.16 ↓ -94%
medica health system medica choice (a) $8.32 ↓ -94%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $8.57 ↓ -94%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $8.60 ↓ -94%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $10.02 ↓ -93%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $10.12 ↓ -93%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $10.20 ↓ -92%
health partners hpi (a) $10.38 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $10.86 ↓ -92%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $11.32 ↓ -92%

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Sickling rbc at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $34.40 $10.41 – $38.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $77.60 $23.48 – $87.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $28.00 $8.47 – $31.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $33.60 $10.17 – $37.80
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $77.60 $23.48 – $87.30
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $70.40 $14.08 – $36.90
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $70.40 $14.08 – $36.90
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $135.36 $3.60 – $10.02

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