Tc-99m diag per dose at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$3,073.68
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.
$6,403.50
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.
$227.74 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $5,378.94 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) | $227.74 | ↓ -93% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $434.64 | ↓ -86% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $461.43 | ↓ -85% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $542.82 | ↓ -82% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $582.69 | ↓ -81% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $1,288.38 | ↓ -58% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $1,421.58 | ↓ -54% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $2,843.15 | ↓ -8% |
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $3,201.75 | ↑ +4% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $3,758.85 | ↑ +22% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $4,285.22 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $4,482.45 | ↑ +46% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $4,755.24 | ↑ +55% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $4,956.31 | ↑ +61% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $4,964.63 | ↑ +62% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $5,122.80 | ↑ +67% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $5,225.26 | ↑ +70% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $5,378.94 | ↑ +75% |
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Tc-99m diag per dose at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $3,073.68 | $227.74 – $542.82 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $3,585.96 | $250.97 – $4,725.13 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $3,585.96 | $250.97 – $4,725.13 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $3,073.68 | $227.74 – $542.82 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $3,585.96 | $250.97 – $4,725.13 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $3,585.96 | $250.97 – $4,725.13 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $3,585.96 | $245.50 – $2,980.39 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | not published | $1.02 – $1.02 |