Bausch health Ultrasound surg at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$807.13
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.
$1,441.30
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.
$0.01 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $701.60 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | $141.16 | ↓ -83% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $163.27 | ↓ -80% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $222.41 | ↓ -72% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $231.67 | ↓ -71% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $240.77 | ↓ -70% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $272.50 | ↓ -66% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (b) | $280.64 | ↓ -65% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $292.57 | ↓ -64% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $307.93 | ↓ -62% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $311.72 | ↓ -61% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $329.26 | ↓ -59% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $357.82 | ↓ -56% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $415.91 | ↓ -48% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $474.11 | ↓ -41% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $474.96 | ↓ -41% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $514.13 | ↓ -36% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $517.71 | ↓ -36% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $536.79 | ↓ -33% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $536.79 | ↓ -33% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $541.21 | ↓ -33% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $564.93 | ↓ -30% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $589.34 | ↓ -27% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $589.34 | ↓ -27% |
| 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) | $701.60 | ↓ -13% |
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Bausch health Ultrasound surg at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $2,436.00 | $737.19 – $2,740.50 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,400.00 | $887.02 – $2,362.50 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $2,660.00 | $216.72 – $503.10 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,330.40 | $537.92 – $1,409.40 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,330.40 | $537.92 – $1,409.40 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $617.14 | $285.33 – $514.28 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $807.13 | $163.27 – $517.71 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $617.14 | $285.33 – $870.25 |