Cardioversion (Scheduled Heart Rhythm Shock) at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$1,860.26
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.
$3,321.90
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.
$629.72 with all other medicaid vs $3,182.65 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 |
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| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $629.72 | ↓ -66% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $629.72 | ↓ -66% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $630.70 | ↓ -66% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $647.10 | ↓ -65% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $648.61 | ↓ -65% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $681.16 | ↓ -63% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $681.16 | ↓ -63% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $708.41 | ↓ -62% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $715.22 | ↓ -62% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $825.97 | ↓ -56% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $873.00 | ↓ -53% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $1,392.75 | ↓ -25% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $1,471.11 | ↓ -21% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $1,598.70 | ↓ -14% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $1,638.24 | ↓ -12% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $1,858.25 | ↓ -0% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $2,117.03 | ↑ +14% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $2,122.10 | ↑ +14% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $2,149.90 | ↑ +16% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $2,159.81 | ↑ +16% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $2,297.11 | ↑ +23% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $2,313.09 | ↑ +24% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $2,394.32 | ↑ +29% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $2,398.36 | ↑ +29% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $2,398.36 | ↑ +29% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $2,418.11 | ↑ +30% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $2,524.06 | ↑ +36% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $2,633.15 | ↑ +42% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $2,633.15 | ↑ +42% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $2,816.63 | ↑ +51% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $3,023.51 | ↑ +63% |
| 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) | $3,134.70 | ↑ +69% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $3,182.65 | ↑ +71% |
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Cardioversion (Scheduled Heart Rhythm Shock) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $1,224.80 | $370.66 – $1,377.90 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $1,760.80 | $532.86 – $1,980.90 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $1,792.00 | $542.30 – $2,016.00 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $1,174.40 | $355.40 – $1,321.20 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,544.00 | $467.25 – $1,737.00 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,792.00 | $469.52 – $2,016.00 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,652.80 | $479.67 – $1,194.30 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $1,760.80 | $532.86 – $1,980.90 |