Incision & drainage hematoma/seroma/fluid collection at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$939.90
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.
$1,678.40
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.
$199.00 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $4,954.33 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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| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $199.00 | ↓ -79% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $261.70 | ↓ -72% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $577.90 | ↓ -39% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $610.42 | ↓ -35% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $663.36 | ↓ -29% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $771.05 | ↓ -18% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $880.53 | ↓ -6% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $953.15 | ↑ +1% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $959.78 | ↑ +2% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $995.17 | ↑ +6% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $995.17 | ↑ +6% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,003.36 | ↑ +7% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $1,037.96 | ↑ +10% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $1,047.32 | ↑ +11% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,092.59 | ↑ +16% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,092.59 | ↑ +16% |
| 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) | $1,300.70 | ↑ +38% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $1,573.57 | ↑ +67% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $1,573.57 | ↑ +67% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $1,605.63 | ↑ +71% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $1,617.00 | ↑ +72% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $1,620.78 | ↑ +72% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $1,702.11 | ↑ +81% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $1,702.11 | ↑ +81% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $1,770.19 | ↑ +88% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $1,787.22 | ↑ +90% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $3,296.02 | ↑ +251% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $3,346.92 | ↑ +256% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $3,727.05 | ↑ +297% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $4,056.36 | ↑ +332% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $4,384.64 | ↑ +367% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $4,706.53 | ↑ +401% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $4,954.33 | ↑ +427% |
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Incision & drainage hematoma/seroma/fluid collection at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $3,747.20 | $1,134.00 – $4,215.60 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $2,910.40 | $880.76 – $3,274.20 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $1,894.40 | $573.29 – $2,131.20 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $2,106.40 | $637.45 – $2,369.70 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $2,503.20 | $757.53 – $2,816.10 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,894.40 | $1,079.10 – $2,131.20 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $2,628.80 | $1,194.92 – $2,957.40 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $2,910.40 | $880.76 – $3,274.20 |