Etonogestrel implant system at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$1,217.80
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.
$2,174.65
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.
$0.01 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $2,136.57 with blue cross — 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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| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $280.03 | ↓ -77% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (b) | $556.72 | ↓ -54% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $618.38 | ↓ -49% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $653.17 | ↓ -46% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $709.82 | ↓ -42% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $825.06 | ↓ -32% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $923.89 | ↓ -24% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $942.21 | ↓ -23% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $998.20 | ↓ -18% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $1,027.01 | ↓ -16% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $1,042.18 | ↓ -14% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $1,042.18 | ↓ -14% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,073.63 | ↓ -12% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $1,096.88 | ↓ -10% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $1,155.24 | ↓ -5% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $1,155.24 | ↓ -5% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,169.11 | ↓ -4% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,169.11 | ↓ -4% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $1,189.90 | ↓ -2% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $1,261.23 | ↑ +4% |
| 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) | $1,391.80 | ↑ +14% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $1,423.30 | ↑ +17% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $1,674.28 | ↑ +37% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $1,797.26 | ↑ +48% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $1,891.85 | ↑ +55% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $1,891.85 | ↑ +55% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $2,136.57 | ↑ +75% |
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Etonogestrel implant system at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $1,839.43 | $449.24 – $1,670.04 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $990.92 | $299.87 – $1,114.78 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,054.64 | $578.07 – $1,200.64 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $914.66 | $443.27 – $1,028.99 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $730.22 | $608.52 – $2,010.78 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $1,217.80 | $556.72 – $2,136.57 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $730.22 | $608.52 – $1,674.28 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $1,217.80 | $942.21 – $2,136.57 |