Tc-99m sulfur colloid at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$112.94
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.
$235.30
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.
$13.06 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $204.57 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota — 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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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $13.06 | ↓ -88% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $14.41 | ↓ -87% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $28.82 | ↓ -74% |
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $32.45 | ↓ -71% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $38.10 | ↓ -66% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $43.43 | ↓ -62% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $45.43 | ↓ -60% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $48.19 | ↓ -57% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $50.23 | ↓ -56% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $50.32 | ↓ -55% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $51.92 | ↓ -54% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $52.96 | ↓ -53% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $54.52 | ↓ -52% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $79.95 | ↓ -29% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $152.59 | ↑ +35% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $161.99 | ↑ +43% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $190.57 | ↑ +69% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $204.57 | ↑ +81% |
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Tc-99m sulfur colloid at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $308.00 | $93.21 – $346.50 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $308.00 | $93.21 – $346.50 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $308.00 | $93.21 – $346.50 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $308.00 | $93.21 – $346.50 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $308.00 | $1.02 – $346.50 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $308.00 | $1.00 – $346.50 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $308.00 | $93.21 – $346.50 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $308.00 | $132.25 – $346.50 |