X-ray small intestine follow-through study at Abbott Northwestern Hospital
800 E 28th Street. Minneapolis, MN 55407, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1760446256
$415.54
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.
$865.70
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.
$138.57 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $727.19 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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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) | $138.57 | ↓ -67% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $174.18 | ↓ -58% |
| medica dual solutions (a u) | medica dual solutions (a u) | $180.00 | ↓ -57% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (a) | $192.19 | ↓ -54% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (amu) | $216.00 | ↓ -48% |
| medica health system | medica elect (a) | $238.00 | ↓ -43% |
| aetna | aetna performance (amu) | $238.00 | ↓ -43% |
| medica | medica essentials (a) | $240.00 | ↓ -42% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (a) | $249.00 | ↓ -40% |
| medica health system | medica choice (a) | $262.00 | ↓ -37% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (a) | $312.00 | ↓ -25% |
| united healthcare (a) | united healthcare (a) | $325.00 | ↓ -22% |
| aetna direct network | aetna direct network (amu) | $331.00 | ↓ -20% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (a) | $331.16 | ↓ -20% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (a) | $389.54 | ↓ -6% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (a) | $418.16 | ↑ +1% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc aware/blue plus (a m u) | $508.17 | ↑ +22% |
| americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | americas ppo (araz)(a m u) | $579.33 | ↑ +39% |
| medica ubh (a) | medica ubh (a) | $605.99 | ↑ +46% |
| medica ubh pmap | medica ubh pmap (a) | $692.56 | ↑ +67% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $727.19 | ↑ +75% |
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X-ray small intestine follow-through study at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $544.00 | $75.20 – $612.00 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $220.00 | $75.20 – $247.50 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $763.20 | $327.70 – $858.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $763.20 | $327.70 – $858.60 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $415.54 | $138.57 – $389.54 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $417.98 | $164.00 – $550.77 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $417.98 | $164.00 – $550.77 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $515.42 | $207.63 – $752.69 |