Version cephalic external at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$2,254.03
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.
$4,695.90
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.
$33.48 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $7,960.13 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.
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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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (amu) | $33.48 | ↓ -99% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $83.16 | ↓ -96% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $88.28 | ↓ -96% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $103.86 | ↓ -95% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $111.48 | ↓ -95% |
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $271.00 | ↓ -88% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $944.82 | ↓ -58% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $1,042.49 | ↓ -54% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $1,655.30 | ↓ -27% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $1,760.96 | ↓ -22% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $2,084.98 | ↓ -7% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $2,565.84 | ↑ +14% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $2,756.49 | ↑ +22% |
| health partners | hpi medicare (amu) | $2,895.36 | ↑ +28% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (a) | $3,084.19 | ↑ +37% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (a) | $3,084.19 | ↑ +37% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $3,142.50 | ↑ +39% |
| health partners | hpi pmap (amu) | $3,163.57 | ↑ +40% |
| allina aetna medicare (a) | allina aetna medicare (a) | $3,169.32 | ↑ +41% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $3,287.13 | ↑ +46% |
| medicare | medicare (a) | $3,336.13 | ↑ +48% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (a) | $3,336.13 | ↑ +48% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $3,487.18 | ↑ +55% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (a) | $3,502.94 | ↑ +55% |
| medica | medica medicare (a) | $3,502.94 | ↑ +55% |
| hennepin health | hennepin health (a) | $3,515.98 | ↑ +56% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $3,634.63 | ↑ +61% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $3,640.73 | ↑ +62% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $3,756.72 | ↑ +67% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $3,831.85 | ↑ +70% |
| uhc ubh pmap | uhc ubh pmap (a) | $3,855.24 | ↑ +71% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $3,944.56 | ↑ +75% |
| health partners | hpi (a) | $7,302.87 | ↑ +224% |
| hpi-cigna | hpi cigna (a) | $7,960.13 | ↑ +253% |
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Version cephalic external at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,271.20 | $1,293.73 – $3,276.41 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,390.40 | $673.82 – $3,276.41 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $2,428.00 | $1,042.52 – $2,731.50 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $2,428.00 | $1,042.52 – $2,731.50 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $2,254.03 | $33.48 – $3,855.24 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $963.76 | $41.31 – $3,462.76 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $963.76 | $41.31 – $3,644.41 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $815.75 | $53.83 – $3,336.13 |