Vein x-ray eye socket 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

$364.32

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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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$759.00

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.

$152.71 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,547.81 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) $152.71 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica pmap (a) $168.50 ↓ -54%
medica dual solutions (a u) medica dual solutions (a u) $180.00 ↓ -51%
aetna aetna elevate (amu) $216.00 ↓ -41%
medica health system medica elect (a) $238.00 ↓ -35%
aetna aetna performance (amu) $238.00 ↓ -35%
medica medica essentials (a) $240.00 ↓ -34%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (amu) $247.24 ↓ -32%
medica mhps medica mhps (a) $249.00 ↓ -32%
medica health system medica choice (a) $262.00 ↓ -28%
united healthcare (a) united healthcare (a) $325.00 ↓ -11%
aetna direct network aetna direct network (amu) $331.00 ↓ -9%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc aware/blue plus (a m u) $445.53 ↑ +22%
americas ppo (araz)(a m u) americas ppo (araz)(a m u) $507.92 ↑ +39%
medica ubh (a) medica ubh (a) $531.30 ↑ +46%
health partners hpi medicare (amu) $563.01 ↑ +55%
medicaid medicaid ma (a) $597.67 ↑ +64%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (a) $597.67 ↑ +64%
medica ubh pmap medica ubh pmap (a) $607.20 ↑ +67%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (a) $614.06 ↑ +69%
allina aetna medicare (a) allina aetna medicare (a) $614.17 ↑ +69%
health partners hpi pmap (amu) $615.14 ↑ +69%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $637.56 ↑ +75%
medicare medicare (a) $646.49 ↑ +77%
medicare other all other medicare (a) $646.49 ↑ +77%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (a) $651.89 ↑ +79%
bcbs bc medicare (a) $678.81 ↑ +86%
medica medica medicare (a) $678.81 ↑ +86%
hennepin health hennepin health (a) $681.34 ↑ +87%
uhc ubh pmap uhc ubh pmap (a) $747.09 ↑ +105%
bcbs bc aehp (a) $766.87 ↑ +110%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (a) $823.20 ↑ +126%
health partners hpi (a) $1,420.01 ↑ +290%
hpi-cigna hpi cigna (a) $1,547.81 ↑ +325%

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Vein x-ray eye socket at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $364.32 $180.00 – $747.09
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $364.32 $180.00 – $747.09
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $649.17 – $649.17
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $649.17 – $649.17
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $649.17 – $649.17
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton not published $649.17 – $649.17
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne not published $649.17 – $649.17
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $453.20 – $637.10

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