Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at Buffalo Hospital

303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 16, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$508.65

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.

$908.30

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.

$99.61 with all other medicaid vs $625.00 with united healthcare (bdohsv) — 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
all other medicaid all other medicaid (b) $99.61 ↓ -80%
medicaid medicaid ma (b) $99.61 ↓ -80%
allina aetna medicare (b) allina aetna medicare (b) $102.36 ↓ -80%
south country health alliance scha pmap (b) $102.60 ↓ -80%
medicare medicare (b) $107.75 ↓ -79%
medicare other all other medicare (b) $107.75 ↓ -79%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $109.39 ↓ -78%
medica medica medicare (b) $112.06 ↓ -78%
bcbs bc medicare (b) $113.14 ↓ -78%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $128.03 ↓ -75%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $241.57 ↓ -53%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $255.16 ↓ -50%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $266.23 ↓ -48%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $286.00 ↓ -44%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $322.31 ↓ -37%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $328.15 ↓ -35%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $333.24 ↓ -34%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $368.07 ↓ -28%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $371.13 ↓ -27%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $401.19 ↓ -21%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $419.41 ↓ -18%
medica ub health (b) medica ub health (b) $433.87 ↓ -15%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $436.59 ↓ -14%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $456.71 ↓ -10%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $456.71 ↓ -10%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $468.66 ↓ -8%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $493.32 ↓ -3%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $496.86 ↓ -2%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $518.77 ↑ +2%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $518.77 ↑ +2%
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) $543.70 ↑ +7%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $546.00 ↑ +7%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $625.00 ↑ +23%

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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $772.00 $111.66 – $868.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $771.20 $111.66 – $867.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $743.20 $111.66 – $836.10
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $704.00 $111.66 – $792.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $604.80 $111.66 – $680.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $743.20 $79.32 – $836.10
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $824.80 $81.04 – $847.44
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $771.20 $111.66 – $867.60

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