Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$3,016.55
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.
$5,386.70
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 $7,879.95 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 |
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| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $199.00 | ↓ -93% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $880.77 | ↓ -71% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $1,944.97 | ↓ -36% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $1,953.76 | ↓ -35% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $2,054.41 | ↓ -32% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $2,232.58 | ↓ -26% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $2,595.04 | ↓ -14% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $2,963.50 | ↓ -2% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $3,008.31 | ↓ -0% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $3,008.31 | ↓ -0% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $3,091.36 | ↑ +2% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $3,098.56 | ↑ +3% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $3,207.91 | ↑ +6% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $3,230.22 | ↑ +7% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $3,254.06 | ↑ +8% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $3,254.06 | ↑ +8% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $3,349.30 | ↑ +11% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $3,349.30 | ↑ +11% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $3,376.88 | ↑ +12% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $3,384.22 | ↑ +12% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $3,416.76 | ↑ +13% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $3,493.32 | ↑ +16% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $3,524.84 | ↑ +17% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $3,677.18 | ↑ +22% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $3,677.18 | ↑ +22% |
| 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) | $4,377.60 | ↑ +45% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $5,007.62 | ↑ +66% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $5,085.36 | ↑ +69% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $5,663.51 | ↑ +88% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $6,662.44 | ↑ +121% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $7,151.80 | ↑ +137% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $7,528.23 | ↑ +150% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $7,879.95 | ↑ +161% |
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Insertion tunneled centrally inserted central venous access device with port >= 5 years old (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $6,115.20 | $2,299.56 – $6,879.60 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $5,420.02 | $1,583.32 – $7,233.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $3,016.55 | $1,953.76 – $7,359.62 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $5,420.02 | $1,583.32 – $7,879.95 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $3,016.55 | $1,953.76 – $7,359.62 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $5,420.02 | $1,583.32 – $7,233.00 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $3,016.55 | $1,953.76 – $7,359.62 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $3,016.55 | $1,852.25 – $12,377.80 |