Boot j walker l at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$342.78
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.
$612.10
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 $335.65 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.
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) | $18.33 | ↓ -95% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $40.48 | ↓ -88% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $42.75 | ↓ -88% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $46.46 | ↓ -86% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $54.00 | ↓ -84% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $61.67 | ↓ -82% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $66.76 | ↓ -81% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $67.22 | ↓ -80% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $69.70 | ↓ -80% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $69.70 | ↓ -80% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $70.27 | ↓ -79% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $73.35 | ↓ -79% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $76.52 | ↓ -78% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $76.52 | ↓ -78% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $85.16 | ↓ -75% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $89.64 | ↓ -74% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $89.64 | ↓ -74% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $91.10 | ↓ -73% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $91.10 | ↓ -73% |
| 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) | $91.10 | ↓ -73% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $93.23 | ↓ -73% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $93.83 | ↓ -73% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $94.12 | ↓ -73% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $108.78 | ↓ -68% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $223.30 | ↓ -35% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $226.75 | ↓ -34% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $252.50 | ↓ -26% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $297.06 | ↓ -13% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $318.87 | ↓ -7% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $335.65 | ↓ -2% |
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Boot j walker l at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $83.20 | $20.09 – $74.70 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $75.20 | $22.52 – $83.70 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $255.96 | $38.04 – $238.90 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $83.20 | $20.09 – $74.70 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $293.81 | $75.74 – $194.89 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $342.78 | $61.67 – $252.50 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $293.81 | $75.74 – $113.88 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $342.78 | $61.67 – $252.50 |