Clindamycin 600 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at Buffalo Hospital

303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 16, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$68.61

Cash price

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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.

$122.52

Gross charge

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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 $46.67 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $1.64 ↓ -98%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $1.85 ↓ -97%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $2.18 ↓ -97%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $2.33 ↓ -97%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $2.46 ↓ -96%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $2.46 ↓ -96%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $2.78 ↓ -96%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $9.39 ↓ -86%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $20.74 ↓ -70%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $21.90 ↓ -68%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $23.80 ↓ -65%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $27.67 ↓ -60%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $31.59 ↓ -54%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $33.47 ↓ -51%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $34.44 ↓ -50%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $34.95 ↓ -49%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $34.95 ↓ -49%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $36.00 ↓ -48%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $36.78 ↓ -46%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $39.20 ↓ -43%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $39.20 ↓ -43%
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) $46.67 ↓ -32%

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Clindamycin 600 mg/50 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $63.07 $18.47 – $68.68
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $132.94 $18.79 – $69.85
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $49.64 $14.50 – $53.89
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $69.76 $15.25 – $56.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $156.88 $18.87 – $70.16
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $53.00 $2.22 – $51.20
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $133.22 $2.18 – $68.96
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $95.60 $21.68 – $80.58

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