Adapter b 8 channel 10cm 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

$2,704.80

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.

$4,830.00

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 $9.10 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $1.83 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $2.12 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $2.88 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $3.00 ↓ -100%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $3.12 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $3.53 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $3.79 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $3.99 ↓ -100%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $4.04 ↓ -100%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $4.27 ↓ -100%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $4.64 ↓ -100%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $5.39 ↓ -100%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $6.16 ↓ -100%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $6.67 ↓ -100%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $6.71 ↓ -100%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $6.96 ↓ -100%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $6.96 ↓ -100%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $7.02 ↓ -100%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $7.33 ↓ -100%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $7.64 ↓ -100%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $7.64 ↓ -100%
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) $9.10 ↓ -100%

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Adapter b 8 channel 10cm at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $3,816.00 $1.02 – $202.50
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $560.00 $240.45 – $630.00
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $560.00 $240.45 – $630.00
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $2,318.40 not published
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $2,704.80 $2.12 – $6.71
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $2,318.40 not published
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $2,704.80 $2.12 – $6.71
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $2,258.65 $3.17 – $6.54

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