Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$35.11
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.
$62.70
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.
$4.53 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $51.73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $4.53 | ↓ -87% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $8.79 | ↓ -75% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $9.25 | ↓ -74% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $9.25 | ↓ -74% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $9.43 | ↓ -73% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $9.43 | ↓ -73% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $9.62 | ↓ -73% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $9.71 | ↓ -72% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $9.71 | ↓ -72% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $10.00 | ↓ -72% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $10.56 | ↓ -70% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $11.47 | ↓ -67% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $13.34 | ↓ -62% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $13.43 | ↓ -62% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $15.23 | ↓ -57% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $15.50 | ↓ -56% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $16.49 | ↓ -53% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $16.60 | ↓ -53% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $17.21 | ↓ -51% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $17.21 | ↓ -51% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $17.36 | ↓ -51% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $18.12 | ↓ -48% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $18.90 | ↓ -46% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $18.90 | ↓ -46% |
| 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) | $22.50 | ↓ -36% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $24.97 | ↓ -29% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $34.42 | ↓ -2% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $34.95 | ↓ -0% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $38.93 | ↑ +11% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $45.79 | ↑ +30% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $49.15 | ↑ +40% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $51.73 | ↑ +47% |
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Culture bact stool aero addl path ea at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $51.20 | $15.49 – $57.60 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $56.00 | $16.95 – $63.00 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $36.80 | $11.14 – $41.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $44.80 | $12.59 – $46.80 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $56.00 | $16.95 – $63.00 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $80.00 | $34.35 – $90.00 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $80.00 | $34.35 – $90.00 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $30.10 | $8.79 – $30.90 |