Abdominal X-ray (single view) at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$313.66
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.
$560.10
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.
$50.06 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $336.00 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $50.06 | ↓ -84% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $70.49 | ↓ -78% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $82.91 | ↓ -74% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $82.91 | ↓ -74% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $85.21 | ↓ -73% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $85.40 | ↓ -73% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $89.69 | ↓ -71% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $89.69 | ↓ -71% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $93.28 | ↓ -70% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $94.17 | ↓ -70% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $110.54 | ↓ -65% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $116.76 | ↓ -63% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $147.49 | ↓ -53% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $151.04 | ↓ -52% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $153.40 | ↓ -51% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $164.00 | ↓ -48% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $168.43 | ↓ -46% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $170.84 | ↓ -46% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $183.59 | ↓ -41% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $191.92 | ↓ -39% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $200.97 | ↓ -36% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $208.99 | ↓ -33% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $208.99 | ↓ -33% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $215.73 | ↓ -31% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $220.43 | ↓ -30% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $227.09 | ↓ -28% |
| 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) | $248.80 | ↓ -21% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $283.92 | ↓ -9% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $296.43 | ↓ -5% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $296.43 | ↓ -5% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $312.00 | ↓ -1% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $336.00 | ↑ +7% |
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Abdominal X-ray (single view) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $329.60 | $92.45 – $370.80 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $400.80 | $92.45 – $450.90 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $357.60 | $92.45 – $402.30 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $299.20 | $90.55 – $336.60 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $260.00 | $78.68 – $292.50 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $357.60 | $65.56 – $402.30 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $272.80 | $66.97 – $306.90 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $400.80 | $92.45 – $450.90 |