Administration vaccine hepatitis b 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

$11.87

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.

$21.20

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.

$4.27 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $141.00 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $4.27 ↓ -64%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $9.42 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $9.95 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $10.81 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $12.57 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $14.35 ↑ +21%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $15.54 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $15.64 ↑ +32%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $16.22 ↑ +37%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $16.22 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $16.35 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $17.07 ↑ +44%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $17.81 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $17.81 ↑ +50%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (b) $18.15 ↑ +53%
medicaid medicaid ma (b) $18.15 ↑ +53%
south country health alliance scha pmap (b) $18.69 ↑ +57%
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) $21.20 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $36.06 ↑ +204%
allina aetna medicare (b) allina aetna medicare (b) $45.66 ↑ +285%
medicare other all other medicare (b) $48.06 ↑ +305%
medicare medicare (b) $48.06 ↑ +305%
medica medica medicare (b) $49.98 ↑ +321%
bcbs bc medicare (b) $50.46 ↑ +325%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $92.41 ↑ +679%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $93.85 ↑ +691%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $104.52 ↑ +781%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $115.50 ↑ +873%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $122.95 ↑ +936%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $131.98 ↑ +1012%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $138.93 ↑ +1070%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $141.00 ↑ +1088%

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Administration vaccine hepatitis b at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $8.59 $17.90 – $82.95
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $11.87 $14.35 – $141.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $8.59 $17.90 – $147.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $11.87 $14.35 – $141.00
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $8.59 $17.90 – $50.46
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $11.87 $14.35 – $141.00
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $11.87 $8.97 – $228.43
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji not published $34.27 – $47.55

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