Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$32.93
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.
$68.60
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.
$5.02 with allina aetna medicare (a) vs $52.16 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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| allina aetna medicare (a) | allina aetna medicare (a) | $5.02 | ↓ -85% |
| medicare | medicare (a) | $5.28 | ↓ -84% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (a) | $5.28 | ↓ -84% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (a) | $5.39 | ↓ -84% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (a) | $5.39 | ↓ -84% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (a) | $5.54 | ↓ -83% |
| medica | medica medicare (a) | $5.54 | ↓ -83% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (a) | $6.14 | ↓ -81% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (a) | $6.74 | ↓ -80% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $9.43 | ↓ -71% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $10.88 | ↓ -67% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $10.90 | ↓ -67% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $12.49 | ↓ -62% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $13.79 | ↓ -58% |
| health partners | hpi (a) | $16.16 | ↓ -51% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (a) | $17.61 | ↓ -47% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $21.89 | ↓ -34% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $23.29 | ↓ -29% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $27.03 | ↓ -18% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $27.57 | ↓ -16% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $28.69 | ↓ -13% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $33.76 | ↑ +3% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $33.93 | ↑ +3% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $36.23 | ↑ +10% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $36.45 | ↑ +11% |
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $37.57 | ↑ +14% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $41.56 | ↑ +26% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $43.47 | ↑ +32% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $46.12 | ↑ +40% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $48.07 | ↑ +46% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $48.15 | ↑ +46% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $49.68 | ↑ +51% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $50.67 | ↑ +54% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $52.16 | ↑ +58% |
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Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $47.20 | $14.28 – $53.10 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $96.00 | $29.05 – $108.00 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $64.80 | $19.61 – $72.90 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $48.80 | $14.77 – $54.90 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $96.00 | $29.05 – $108.00 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $76.80 | $32.98 – $86.40 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $76.80 | $32.98 – $86.40 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $32.93 | $5.02 – $30.90 |