CT guid cryo ablat intramuscular at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$740.99
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.
$1,323.20
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.
$202.63 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) | $202.63 | ↓ -73% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $223.70 | ↓ -70% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $223.70 | ↓ -70% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $230.41 | ↓ -69% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $234.37 | ↓ -68% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $241.51 | ↓ -67% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $254.22 | ↓ -66% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $254.22 | ↓ -66% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $264.39 | ↓ -64% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $266.93 | ↓ -64% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $319.25 | ↓ -57% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $332.54 | ↓ -55% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $345.60 | ↓ -53% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $391.16 | ↓ -47% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $419.96 | ↓ -43% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $432.00 | ↓ -42% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $442.02 | ↓ -40% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $447.45 | ↓ -40% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $472.63 | ↓ -36% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $597.01 | ↓ -19% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $600.54 | ↓ -19% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $681.78 | ↓ -8% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $743.14 | ↑ +0% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $776.88 | ↑ +5% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $845.96 | ↑ +14% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $845.96 | ↑ +14% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $915.00 | ↑ +23% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $960.05 | ↑ +30% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $1,002.38 | ↑ +35% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $1,002.38 | ↑ +35% |
| 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) | $1,007.10 | ↑ +36% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $1,055.00 | ↑ +42% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $2,924.00 | ↑ +295% |
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CT guid cryo ablat intramuscular at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $4,885.60 | $170.13 – $4,818.60 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $2,039.76 | $218.44 – $3,243.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $740.99 | $223.70 – $1,002.38 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $2,039.76 | $218.44 – $3,243.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $740.99 | $223.70 – $1,002.38 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $801.47 | $241.51 – $1,170.42 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $2,039.76 | $218.44 – $3,243.00 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $740.99 | $223.70 – $1,002.38 |