Eeg monitor/record/awake/drowsy 95816 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

$528.19

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.

$943.20

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.

$189.77 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,061.22 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.

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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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $189.77 ↓ -64%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (b) $205.72 ↓ -61%
medicaid medicaid ma (b) $205.72 ↓ -61%
allina aetna medicare (b) allina aetna medicare (b) $211.40 ↓ -60%
south country health alliance scha pmap (b) $211.89 ↓ -60%
medicare other all other medicare (b) $222.53 ↓ -58%
medicare medicare (b) $222.53 ↓ -58%
medica medica medicare (b) $231.43 ↓ -56%
bcbs bc medicare (b) $233.66 ↓ -56%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $275.41 ↓ -48%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $419.06 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $442.64 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $481.03 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $559.13 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $638.52 ↑ +21%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $649.86 ↑ +23%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $691.18 ↑ +31%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $695.98 ↑ +32%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $705.90 ↑ +34%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $716.86 ↑ +36%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $721.64 ↑ +37%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $721.64 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $727.58 ↑ +38%
medica ub health (b) medica ub health (b) $752.67 ↑ +42%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $759.46 ↑ +44%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $779.57 ↑ +48%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $792.29 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $792.29 ↑ +50%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $798.36 ↑ +51%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $939.18 ↑ +78%
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) $943.20 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $1,008.16 ↑ +91%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $1,061.22 ↑ +101%

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Eeg monitor/record/awake/drowsy 95816 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,134.40 $326.96 – $1,276.20
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,184.80 $326.96 – $1,332.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,126.40 $326.96 – $1,267.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $899.20 $226.44 – $1,011.60
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $768.00 $231.33 – $783.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,184.80 $326.96 – $1,332.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,085.60 $326.96 – $1,221.30
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,085.60 $326.96 – $1,221.30

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