St analysis behavior qualitative voice/resonance 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

$228.58

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.

$476.20

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.

$87.60 with medicaid vs $400.01 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.

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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
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $87.60 ↓ -62%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $87.60 ↓ -62%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $95.81 ↓ -58%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $99.86 ↓ -56%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $102.63 ↓ -55%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $105.72 ↓ -54%
medicare medicare (a) $108.03 ↓ -53%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $108.03 ↓ -53%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $109.50 ↓ -52%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $109.72 ↓ -52%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $113.43 ↓ -50%
medica medica medicare (a) $113.43 ↓ -50%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $152.00 ↓ -34%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $172.00 ↓ -25%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $186.00 ↓ -19%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $192.74 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica elect (a) $222.00 ↓ -3%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $222.85 ↓ -3%
medica medica essentials (a) $223.00 ↓ -2%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $232.00 ↑ +1%
medica health system medica choice (a) $244.00 ↑ +7%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $264.00 ↑ +15%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $272.51 ↑ +19%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $279.53 ↑ +22%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $289.30 ↑ +27%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $313.00 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $318.67 ↑ +39%
health partners hpi (a) $330.22 ↑ +44%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $333.34 ↑ +46%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $340.33 ↑ +49%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $359.94 ↑ +57%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $365.32 ↑ +60%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $380.96 ↑ +67%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $400.01 ↑ +75%

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St analysis behavior qualitative voice/resonance at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $255.20 $77.23 – $287.10
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $390.40 $118.14 – $439.20
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $376.00 $113.79 – $423.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $248.00 $75.05 – $279.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $368.80 $111.61 – $414.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $376.00 $101.35 – $423.00
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $276.80 $101.35 – $311.40
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $390.40 $118.14 – $439.20

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