Tissue culture tumor 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

$228.24

Cash price

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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.

$475.50

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.

$95.67 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $496.43 with hpi-cigna — 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $95.67 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $96.38 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $105.56 ↓ -54%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $137.34 ↓ -40%
medicare medicare (a) $144.57 ↓ -37%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $144.57 ↓ -37%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $147.39 ↓ -35%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $147.39 ↓ -35%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $151.80 ↓ -33%
medica medica medicare (a) $151.80 ↓ -33%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $167.61 ↓ -27%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $168.02 ↓ -26%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $178.31 ↓ -22%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $184.24 ↓ -19%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $211.12 ↓ -8%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $217.02 ↓ -5%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $230.34 ↑ +1%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $259.81 ↑ +14%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $265.83 ↑ +16%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $270.96 ↑ +19%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $279.12 ↑ +22%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $287.68 ↑ +26%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $290.87 ↑ +27%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $307.36 ↑ +35%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $318.20 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $332.85 ↑ +46%
medica health system medica elect (a) $353.11 ↑ +55%
medica medica essentials (a) $368.04 ↑ +61%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $368.66 ↑ +62%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $380.40 ↑ +67%
medica health system medica choice (a) $388.01 ↑ +70%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $399.42 ↑ +75%
health partners hpi (a) $455.44 ↑ +100%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $496.43 ↑ +118%

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Tissue culture tumor at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $228.24 $96.38 – $265.83
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $239.96 $137.34 – $321.33
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $239.96 $137.34 – $321.33
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $310.91 $137.34 – $454.04
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $228.24 $96.38 – $265.83
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $239.96 $137.34 – $321.33
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $239.96 $137.34 – $321.33
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $239.96 $137.34 – $568.53

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