Graft xenmtrx sft rect 19x28cm at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$8,036.06
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.
$14,350.10
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 $91.10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | $18.33 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $21.20 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $28.88 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $30.08 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $31.26 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $35.38 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $37.99 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $39.98 | ↓ -100% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $40.48 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $42.75 | ↓ -99% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $46.46 | ↓ -99% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $54.00 | ↓ -99% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $61.67 | ↓ -99% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $66.76 | ↓ -99% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $67.22 | ↓ -99% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $69.70 | ↓ -99% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $69.70 | ↓ -99% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $70.27 | ↓ -99% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $73.35 | ↓ -99% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $76.52 | ↓ -99% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $76.52 | ↓ -99% |
| 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) | $91.10 | ↓ -99% |
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Graft xenmtrx sft rect 19x28cm at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $454.40 | $137.51 – $511.20 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $344.00 | $82.31 – $306.00 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,136.96 | $1.02 – $206.55 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $344.00 | $82.31 – $306.00 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $6,888.05 | not published |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $8,036.06 | $21.20 – $67.22 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $6,888.05 | not published |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $8,036.06 | $21.20 – $67.22 |