Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$1,133.61
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.
$2,024.30
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.
$281.96 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $4,512.00 with medica ub health (b) — 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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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $281.96 | ↓ -75% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $307.43 | ↓ -73% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $622.64 | ↓ -45% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $631.09 | ↓ -44% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $640.83 | ↓ -43% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $657.68 | ↓ -42% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $713.62 | ↓ -37% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $830.75 | ↓ -27% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $839.52 | ↓ -26% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $864.13 | ↓ -24% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $864.13 | ↓ -24% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $887.99 | ↓ -22% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $890.05 | ↓ -21% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $901.16 | ↓ -21% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $934.73 | ↓ -18% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $934.73 | ↓ -18% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $948.60 | ↓ -16% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $948.71 | ↓ -16% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $972.12 | ↓ -14% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $981.47 | ↓ -13% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $1,034.09 | ↓ -9% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,081.04 | ↓ -5% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,177.18 | ↑ +4% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,177.18 | ↑ +4% |
| all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) | all other contracted care (a b c d m h n o r s u v) | $1,401.40 | ↑ +24% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $2,124.00 | ↑ +87% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $2,347.17 | ↑ +107% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $4,095.00 | ↑ +261% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $4,275.53 | ↑ +277% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $4,275.53 | ↑ +277% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $4,314.00 | ↑ +281% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $4,500.00 | ↑ +297% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $4,512.00 | ↑ +298% |
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Abdominal paracentesis w/image guidance at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $1,934.40 | $585.40 – $2,176.20 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $2,092.80 | $633.33 – $2,354.40 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $1,933.60 | $585.16 – $2,175.30 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,156.80 | $350.08 – $1,301.40 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,092.80 | $653.96 – $2,354.40 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,389.60 | $661.03 – $1,534.50 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,989.60 | $854.28 – $2,238.30 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,989.60 | $854.28 – $2,238.30 |