Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$333.14
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.
$594.90
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.
$96.29 with blue cross blue shield vs $1,761.42 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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| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $96.29 | ↓ -71% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $104.28 | ↓ -69% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $197.66 | ↓ -41% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $199.00 | ↓ -40% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $200.72 | ↓ -40% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $223.51 | ↓ -33% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $230.28 | ↓ -31% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $243.24 | ↓ -27% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $262.95 | ↓ -21% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $264.33 | ↓ -21% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $282.26 | ↓ -15% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $297.11 | ↓ -11% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $307.25 | ↓ -8% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $350.87 | ↑ +5% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $379.81 | ↑ +14% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $382.45 | ↑ +15% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $396.55 | ↑ +19% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $396.55 | ↑ +19% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $399.82 | ↑ +20% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $413.60 | ↑ +24% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $417.34 | ↑ +25% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $435.37 | ↑ +31% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $435.37 | ↑ +31% |
| 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) | $518.30 | ↑ +56% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $674.68 | ↑ +103% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $674.68 | ↑ +103% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $693.30 | ↑ +108% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $694.92 | ↑ +109% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $729.79 | ↑ +119% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $729.79 | ↑ +119% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $758.98 | ↑ +128% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $766.28 | ↑ +130% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $1,761.42 | ↑ +429% |
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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,190.40 | $360.24 – $1,339.20 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,420.00 | $507.57 – $1,597.50 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,350.40 | $518.54 – $1,519.20 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,212.80 | $520.75 – $1,364.40 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,212.80 | $520.75 – $1,364.40 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $295.34 | $67.05 – $3,243.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $333.14 | $96.29 – $3,572.45 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $295.34 | $67.05 – $3,243.00 |