In situ hybridization per specimen initial single probe stain at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$2,279.26
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.
$4,070.10
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.
$40.94 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $429.01 with health partners — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $40.94 | ↓ -98% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $43.91 | ↓ -98% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $90.42 | ↓ -96% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $95.50 | ↓ -96% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $103.78 | ↓ -95% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $112.52 | ↓ -95% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $114.27 | ↓ -95% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $120.63 | ↓ -95% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $127.26 | ↓ -94% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $131.71 | ↓ -94% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $131.71 | ↓ -94% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $135.66 | ↓ -94% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $137.76 | ↓ -94% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $140.21 | ↓ -94% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $149.12 | ↓ -93% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $149.71 | ↓ -93% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $150.16 | ↓ -93% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $155.70 | ↓ -93% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $155.70 | ↓ -93% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $156.98 | ↓ -93% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $160.70 | ↓ -93% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $162.39 | ↓ -93% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $163.86 | ↓ -93% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $166.81 | ↓ -93% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $169.16 | ↓ -93% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $170.94 | ↓ -93% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $170.94 | ↓ -93% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $175.59 | ↓ -92% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $175.59 | ↓ -92% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $182.61 | ↓ -92% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $184.37 | ↓ -92% |
| 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) | $203.50 | ↓ -91% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $429.01 | ↓ -81% |
Visitor-reported prices
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In situ hybridization per specimen initial single probe stain at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $412.00 | $124.68 – $463.50 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $394.40 | $119.36 – $443.70 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $341.60 | $103.38 – $384.30 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $442.40 | $133.88 – $497.70 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $340.00 | $123.23 – $382.50 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $376.80 | $125.89 – $423.90 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $394.40 | $119.36 – $443.70 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $979.20 | $143.24 – $375.30 |