Sinus CT scan (without contrast) at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$863.71
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.
$1,799.40
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.
$96.49 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $1,366.00 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.
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) | $96.49 | ↓ -89% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $96.84 | ↓ -89% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (a) | $99.61 | ↓ -88% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (a) | $99.61 | ↓ -88% |
| allina aetna medicare (a) | allina aetna medicare (a) | $102.36 | ↓ -88% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $105.81 | ↓ -88% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (a) | $107.75 | ↓ -88% |
| medicare | medicare (a) | $107.75 | ↓ -88% |
| medica | medica medicare (a) | $113.14 | ↓ -87% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (a) | $113.14 | ↓ -87% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (a) | $113.56 | ↓ -87% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (a) | $124.51 | ↓ -86% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $181.00 | ↓ -79% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $199.71 | ↓ -77% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $217.24 | ↓ -75% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $230.58 | ↓ -73% |
| health partners | hpi (a) | $244.25 | ↓ -72% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (a) | $266.23 | ↓ -69% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $271.24 | ↓ -69% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $291.17 | ↓ -66% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $602.01 | ↓ -30% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $629.72 | ↓ -27% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $654.00 | ↓ -24% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $719.68 | ↓ -17% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $735.00 | ↓ -15% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $755.66 | ↓ -13% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $788.00 | ↓ -9% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $814.98 | ↓ -6% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $943.00 | ↑ +9% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $947.00 | ↑ +10% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $984.00 | ↑ +14% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $1,036.00 | ↑ +20% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $1,136.00 | ↑ +32% |
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $1,366.00 | ↑ +58% |
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Sinus CT scan (without contrast) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $2,045.60 | $111.66 – $2,301.30 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $2,075.20 | $111.66 – $2,334.60 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $1,876.00 | $111.66 – $2,110.50 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $1,629.60 | $111.66 – $1,833.30 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,888.00 | $111.66 – $2,124.00 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,876.00 | $79.32 – $2,110.50 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $2,285.60 | $81.04 – $2,571.30 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $2,075.20 | $111.66 – $2,334.60 |