Injection(s) trigger point(s) single/multiple 1 or 2 muscle(s) at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$434.17
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.
$775.30
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.
$155.99 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,924.00 with united healthcare (bdohsv) — 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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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $155.99 | ↓ -64% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $292.45 | ↓ -33% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $292.45 | ↓ -33% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $300.52 | ↓ -31% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $301.22 | ↓ -31% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $316.34 | ↓ -27% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $316.34 | ↓ -27% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $328.99 | ↓ -24% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $332.16 | ↓ -23% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $344.47 | ↓ -21% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $348.57 | ↓ -20% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $363.85 | ↓ -16% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $432.00 | ↓ -0% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $459.60 | ↑ +6% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $524.85 | ↑ +21% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $572.09 | ↑ +32% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $598.07 | ↑ +38% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $651.25 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $651.25 | ↑ +50% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $715.54 | ↑ +65% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $726.59 | ↑ +67% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $739.02 | ↑ +70% |
| 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) | $775.30 | ↑ +79% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $809.12 | ↑ +86% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $915.00 | ↑ +111% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $951.87 | ↑ +119% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $960.05 | ↑ +121% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $1,002.38 | ↑ +131% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $1,002.38 | ↑ +131% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $1,021.76 | ↑ +135% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $1,055.00 | ↑ +143% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $1,075.55 | ↑ +148% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $2,924.00 | ↑ +573% |
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Injection(s) trigger point(s) single/multiple 1 or 2 muscle(s) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $668.00 | $202.15 – $751.50 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $608.80 | $184.24 – $684.90 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $706.40 | $213.77 – $794.70 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $626.40 | $189.56 – $704.70 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $706.40 | $213.67 – $794.70 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $488.00 | $218.29 – $549.00 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $608.80 | $184.24 – $684.90 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $628.80 | $269.99 – $707.40 |