Acup 1/> w/estim 1st 15 min 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

$94.98

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.

$169.60

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $340.67 with blue cross blue shield — 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
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $0.01 ↓ -100%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (b) $27.56 ↓ -71%
medicaid medicaid ma (b) $27.56 ↓ -71%
allina aetna medicare (b) allina aetna medicare (b) $28.32 ↓ -70%
south country health alliance scha pmap (b) $28.39 ↓ -70%
medicare medicare (b) $29.81 ↓ -69%
medicare other all other medicare (b) $29.81 ↓ -69%
medica medica medicare (b) $31.00 ↓ -67%
bcbs bc medicare (b) $31.30 ↓ -67%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $33.18 ↓ -65%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $61.32 ↓ -35%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $73.27 ↓ -23%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $77.39 ↓ -19%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $84.10 ↓ -11%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $88.41 ↓ -7%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $97.75 ↑ +3%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $111.63 ↑ +18%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $120.84 ↑ +27%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $121.68 ↑ +28%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $126.16 ↑ +33%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $126.16 ↑ +33%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $127.20 ↑ +34%
medica ub health (b) medica ub health (b) $131.59 ↑ +39%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $132.78 ↑ +40%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $138.52 ↑ +46%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $138.52 ↑ +46%
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) $164.90 ↑ +74%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $226.60 ↑ +139%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $230.12 ↑ +142%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $256.28 ↑ +170%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $301.49 ↑ +217%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $323.63 ↑ +241%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $340.67 ↑ +259%

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Acup 1/> w/estim 1st 15 min at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $95.66 $24.37 – $203.40
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $94.98 $27.56 – $256.28
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $95.66 $24.37 – $71.65
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $94.98 $27.56 – $256.28
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $95.66 $24.37 – $71.65
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $94.98 $27.56 – $256.28
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $94.98 $27.56 – $560.12
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $25.71 – $25.71

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