Esophagus motility study at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$794.92
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.
$1,419.50
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.
$227.28 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,732.20 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 |
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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $227.28 | ↓ -71% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $271.00 | ↓ -66% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $355.53 | ↓ -55% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $355.53 | ↓ -55% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $365.34 | ↓ -54% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $366.20 | ↓ -54% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $384.57 | ↓ -52% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $384.57 | ↓ -52% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $399.95 | ↓ -50% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $403.80 | ↓ -49% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $469.56 | ↓ -41% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $490.26 | ↓ -38% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $490.26 | ↓ -38% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $501.88 | ↓ -37% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $516.00 | ↓ -35% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $530.12 | ↓ -33% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $669.63 | ↓ -16% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $709.07 | ↓ -11% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $764.71 | ↓ -4% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $778.29 | ↓ -2% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $833.53 | ↑ +5% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $871.37 | ↑ +10% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $901.42 | ↑ +13% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $948.86 | ↑ +19% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $948.86 | ↑ +19% |
| 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) | $1,129.60 | ↑ +42% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $1,328.35 | ↑ +67% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $1,817.41 | ↑ +129% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $1,845.61 | ↑ +132% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $2,055.44 | ↑ +159% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $2,417.98 | ↑ +204% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $2,595.58 | ↑ +227% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $2,732.20 | ↑ +244% |
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Esophagus motility study at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $417.60 | $237.88 – $546.77 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $656.78 | $355.53 – $3,243.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $794.92 | $271.00 – $2,055.44 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $656.78 | $355.53 – $3,243.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $794.92 | $271.00 – $2,055.44 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $656.78 | $355.53 – $3,243.00 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $794.92 | $271.00 – $2,055.44 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $794.92 | $355.53 – $4,492.24 |