Bx breast pq tomo guide at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$164.36
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.
$293.50
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.
$57.14 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $9,586.81 with health partners — 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) | $57.14 | ↓ -65% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $66.09 | ↓ -60% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $90.03 | ↓ -45% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $93.78 | ↓ -43% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $97.46 | ↓ -41% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $110.31 | ↓ -33% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $118.43 | ↓ -28% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $124.65 | ↓ -24% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $126.18 | ↓ -23% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $133.28 | ↓ -19% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $168.36 | ↑ +2% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $192.26 | ↑ +17% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $209.56 | ↑ +28% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $219.08 | ↑ +33% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $238.56 | ↑ +45% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $238.56 | ↑ +45% |
| 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) | $284.00 | ↑ +73% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $2,618.00 | ↑ +1493% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $3,571.02 | ↑ +2073% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $3,571.02 | ↑ +2073% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $3,678.15 | ↑ +2138% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $3,833.44 | ↑ +2232% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $4,035.20 | ↑ +2355% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $4,035.20 | ↑ +2355% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $4,196.61 | ↑ +2453% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $4,236.96 | ↑ +2478% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $5,559.00 | ↑ +3282% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $5,726.63 | ↑ +3384% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $5,979.10 | ↑ +3538% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $5,979.10 | ↑ +3538% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $6,293.00 | ↑ +3729% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $8,936.00 | ↑ +5337% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $9,586.81 | ↑ +5733% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Bx breast pq tomo guide at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $4,400.00 | $2,506.35 – $4,950.00 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $242.54 | $1,935.00 – $4,845.00 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $242.54 | $1,935.00 – $9,586.81 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $239.06 | $169.32 – $4,035.20 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $242.54 | $1,935.00 – $4,845.00 |
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | not published | $4,020.74 – $4,020.74 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | not published | $4,020.74 – $4,020.74 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | not published | $4,020.74 – $4,020.74 |