Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn; ea addtl 10008 at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$890.57
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.
$1,590.30
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.
$74.66 with blue cross blue shield vs $1,265.80 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $74.66 | ↓ -92% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $153.26 | ↓ -83% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $155.63 | ↓ -83% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $173.30 | ↓ -81% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $199.00 | ↓ -78% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $203.89 | ↓ -77% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $218.85 | ↓ -75% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $230.37 | ↓ -74% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $254.68 | ↓ -71% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $432.00 | ↓ -51% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $562.39 | ↓ -37% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $594.04 | ↓ -33% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $750.37 | ↓ -16% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $856.91 | ↓ -4% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $915.00 | ↑ +3% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $927.58 | ↑ +4% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $934.03 | ↑ +5% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $968.46 | ↑ +9% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $968.46 | ↑ +9% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $976.44 | ↑ +10% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $1,019.22 | ↑ +14% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,063.27 | ↑ +19% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,063.27 | ↑ +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) | $1,265.80 | ↑ +42% |
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Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn; ea addtl 10008 at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $749.60 | $1.02 – $843.30 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $1,512.86 | $51.98 – $3,243.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $890.57 | $74.66 – $1,002.38 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $1,512.86 | $51.98 – $3,243.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $890.57 | $74.66 – $1,002.38 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $1,512.86 | $51.98 – $3,243.00 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $890.57 | $74.66 – $1,002.38 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $890.57 | $76.51 – $589.14 |