Tc-99m exametazime diag 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

$1,550.11

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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.

$3,229.40

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.

$370.09 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $2,712.70 with first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) — same scan, same building. Share

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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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $370.09 ↓ -76%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $530.36 ↓ -66%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $613.21 ↓ -60%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $649.76 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $706.30 ↓ -54%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $716.93 ↓ -54%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $749.84 ↓ -52%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $881.32 ↓ -43%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $882.11 ↓ -43%
health partners hpi (a) $908.67 ↓ -41%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $927.71 ↓ -40%
medicare medicare (a) $927.71 ↓ -40%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $946.90 ↓ -39%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $974.10 ↓ -37%
medica medica medicare (a) $974.10 ↓ -37%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $990.45 ↓ -36%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $1,433.85 ↓ -8%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $1,614.70 ↑ +4%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $1,895.66 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $2,161.11 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $2,260.58 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (a) $2,398.15 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $2,499.56 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $2,503.75 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $2,583.52 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $2,635.19 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $2,712.70 ↑ +75%

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Tc-99m exametazime diag at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $1,550.11 $370.09 – $974.10
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,808.46 $407.83 – $2,382.97
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,808.46 $407.83 – $2,382.97
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $1,611.90 $406.14 – $2,353.93
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $1,550.11 $370.09 – $964.82
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $1,808.46 $407.83 – $2,186.21
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $1,808.46 $407.83 – $2,186.21
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $1,808.46 $398.96 – $1,744.13

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