Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$1,521.07
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.
$2,716.20
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.
$281.06 with blue cross blue shield vs $3,760.50 with medica ub health (b) — 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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| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $281.06 | ↓ -82% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $464.65 | ↓ -69% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $602.29 | ↓ -60% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $611.69 | ↓ -60% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $681.22 | ↓ -55% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $801.37 | ↓ -47% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $842.69 | ↓ -45% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $842.69 | ↓ -45% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $860.24 | ↓ -43% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $865.95 | ↓ -43% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $867.97 | ↓ -43% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $905.51 | ↓ -40% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $911.53 | ↓ -40% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $911.53 | ↓ -40% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $947.99 | ↓ -38% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $957.11 | ↓ -37% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $1,026.07 | ↓ -33% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $1,083.80 | ↓ -29% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $1,369.01 | ↓ -10% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $1,563.39 | ↑ +3% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $1,704.10 | ↑ +12% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $1,769.00 | ↑ +16% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,781.47 | ↑ +17% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,939.90 | ↑ +28% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,939.90 | ↑ +28% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $2,228.83 | ↑ +47% |
| 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) | $2,309.40 | ↑ +52% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $3,161.00 | ↑ +108% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $3,421.60 | ↑ +125% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $3,572.45 | ↑ +135% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $3,572.45 | ↑ +135% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $3,760.00 | ↑ +147% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $3,760.50 | ↑ +147% |
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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,311.20 | $657.57 – $2,600.10 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $2,155.20 | $925.39 – $2,424.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $2,155.20 | $925.39 – $2,424.60 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $1,939.97 | $255.05 – $3,243.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $1,521.07 | $281.06 – $3,572.45 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $1,939.97 | $255.05 – $3,243.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $1,521.07 | $281.06 – $3,572.45 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $1,520.51 | $279.90 – $1,440.46 |