ER Visit (level 4) at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$736.85
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.
$1,315.80
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.
$264.74 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $3,686.00 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) | $264.74 | ↓ -64% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $304.92 | ↓ -59% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $397.55 | ↓ -46% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $397.55 | ↓ -46% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $408.53 | ↓ -45% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $409.48 | ↓ -44% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $430.03 | ↓ -42% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $430.03 | ↓ -42% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $447.23 | ↓ -39% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $451.53 | ↓ -39% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $584.61 | ↓ -21% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $617.50 | ↓ -16% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $780.01 | ↑ +6% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $833.27 | ↑ +13% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $846.07 | ↑ +15% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $848.00 | ↑ +15% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $873.00 | ↑ +18% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $890.76 | ↑ +21% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $942.13 | ↑ +28% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $970.93 | ↑ +32% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,015.01 | ↑ +38% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $1,066.02 | ↑ +45% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,105.27 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,105.27 | ↑ +50% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $1,108.31 | ↑ +50% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $1,189.69 | ↑ +61% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $1,252.32 | ↑ +70% |
| 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) | $1,315.80 | ↑ +79% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $1,777.23 | ↑ +141% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $1,855.58 | ↑ +152% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $1,855.58 | ↑ +152% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $1,953.00 | ↑ +165% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $3,686.00 | ↑ +400% |
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ER Visit (level 4) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $1,224.00 | $370.41 – $1,377.00 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $1,292.80 | $391.23 – $1,454.40 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $1,411.20 | $427.06 – $1,587.60 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $957.60 | $289.79 – $1,077.30 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,190.40 | $360.24 – $1,339.20 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,411.20 | $319.53 – $1,587.60 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $880.00 | $326.43 – $990.00 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $1,292.80 | $391.23 – $1,454.40 |