Urinalysis (with microscopy) 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

$79.78

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.

$166.20

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.

$2.07 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $32.00 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $2.07 ↓ -97%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $2.95 ↓ -96%
medicare medicare (a) $3.11 ↓ -96%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $3.11 ↓ -96%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $3.17 ↓ -96%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $3.17 ↓ -96%
medica medica medicare (a) $3.27 ↓ -96%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $3.27 ↓ -96%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $3.61 ↓ -95%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $3.96 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $4.65 ↓ -94%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $4.94 ↓ -94%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $5.81 ↓ -93%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $5.89 ↓ -93%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $6.24 ↓ -92%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $6.82 ↓ -91%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $7.67 ↓ -90%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $8.46 ↓ -89%
health partners hpi (a) $10.10 ↓ -87%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $11.01 ↓ -86%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $13.43 ↓ -83%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $14.29 ↓ -82%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $16.92 ↓ -79%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $20.82 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $22.36 ↓ -72%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $23.05 ↓ -71%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $25.50 ↓ -68%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $26.67 ↓ -67%
medica health system medica elect (a) $28.29 ↓ -65%
medica medica essentials (a) $29.49 ↓ -63%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $29.54 ↓ -63%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $30.48 ↓ -62%
medica health system medica choice (a) $31.09 ↓ -61%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $32.00 ↓ -60%

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Urinalysis (with microscopy) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $56.80 $17.19 – $63.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $82.40 $24.94 – $92.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $62.40 $18.88 – $70.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $32.00 $9.68 – $36.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $82.40 $24.94 – $92.70
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $60.80 $26.11 – $68.40
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $60.80 $26.11 – $68.40
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $79.78 $2.07 – $5.89

All Minnesota hospitals for this procedure →