Iodine i-125 sodium iodide at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$94.25
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.
$168.30
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.
$11.43 with blue cross blue shield vs $522.16 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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| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $11.43 | ↓ -88% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $24.51 | ↓ -74% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $24.89 | ↓ -74% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $27.72 | ↓ -71% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $32.61 | ↓ -65% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $33.86 | ↓ -64% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $35.00 | ↓ -63% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $36.84 | ↓ -61% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $74.78 | ↓ -21% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $78.98 | ↓ -16% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $84.15 | ↓ -11% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $85.83 | ↓ -9% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $99.77 | ↑ +6% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $113.93 | ↑ +21% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $120.70 | ↑ +28% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $124.19 | ↑ +32% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $126.02 | ↑ +34% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $126.02 | ↑ +34% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $129.83 | ↑ +38% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $132.64 | ↑ +41% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $141.37 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $141.37 | ↑ +50% |
| 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) | $168.30 | ↑ +79% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $370.48 | ↑ +293% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $389.98 | ↑ +314% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $389.98 | ↑ +314% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $405.58 | ↑ +330% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $409.48 | ↑ +334% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $522.16 | ↑ +454% |
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Iodine i-125 sodium iodide at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $80.78 | $10.37 – $409.48 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $94.25 | $11.43 – $409.48 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $80.78 | $10.37 – $522.16 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $94.25 | $11.43 – $428.98 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $84.45 | $11.39 – $389.98 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $80.78 | $10.37 – $435.95 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $94.25 | $11.43 – $428.98 |
| River Falls Area Hospital | River Falls | $94.25 | $11.19 – $389.98 |