Bln dil 900ml preperitnl at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$869.51
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.
$1,552.70
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 $1,172.90 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) | $235.99 | ↓ -73% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $272.95 | ↓ -69% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $371.81 | ↓ -57% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $387.29 | ↓ -55% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $402.50 | ↓ -54% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $455.55 | ↓ -48% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $489.10 | ↓ -44% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $514.79 | ↓ -41% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $521.12 | ↓ -40% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $550.44 | ↓ -37% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $598.18 | ↓ -31% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $695.30 | ↓ -20% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $794.02 | ↓ -9% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $859.50 | ↓ -1% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $865.48 | ↓ -0% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $897.39 | ↑ +3% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $897.39 | ↑ +3% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $904.78 | ↑ +4% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $944.42 | ↑ +9% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $985.24 | ↑ +13% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $985.24 | ↑ +13% |
| 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) | $1,172.90 | ↑ +35% |
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Bln dil 900ml preperitnl at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $668.80 | $202.40 – $752.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,329.60 | $272.60 – $1,013.40 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,329.27 | $1.02 – $1,013.42 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,520.80 | $1.00 – $1,064.70 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $668.80 | $202.40 – $752.40 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $775.20 | $193.39 – $506.70 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $775.20 | $193.39 – $506.70 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $745.30 | not published |