Brach/thor cath 1st at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$887.15
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.
$1,584.20
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.
$318.74 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,924.00 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.
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 |
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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $318.74 | ↓ -64% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $432.00 | ↓ -51% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $542.75 | ↓ -39% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $703.86 | ↓ -21% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $743.47 | ↓ -16% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $915.00 | ↑ +3% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $939.11 | ↑ +6% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $960.05 | ↑ +8% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $1,002.38 | ↑ +13% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $1,002.38 | ↑ +13% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $1,055.00 | ↑ +19% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $1,072.46 | ↑ +21% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $1,163.05 | ↑ +31% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $1,168.98 | ↑ +32% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $1,181.19 | ↑ +33% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,222.05 | ↑ +38% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $1,315.44 | ↑ +48% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,330.73 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,330.73 | ↑ +50% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $1,547.46 | ↑ +74% |
| 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) | $1,584.20 | ↑ +79% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $1,661.15 | ↑ +87% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $1,748.57 | ↑ +97% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $2,924.00 | ↑ +230% |
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Brach/thor cath 1st at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,711.20 | $1.02 – $1,925.10 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $1,811.47 | $468.00 – $3,784.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $887.15 | $432.00 – $1,315.44 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $1,811.47 | $468.00 – $3,784.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $887.15 | $432.00 – $1,315.44 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $1,811.47 | $468.00 – $3,784.00 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $887.15 | $432.00 – $1,315.44 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $887.15 | $530.93 – $2,321.09 |