Lithium therapeutic drug level at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$40.99
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.
$73.20
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.
$6.16 with allina aetna medicare (b) vs $84.65 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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| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $6.16 | ↓ -85% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $6.48 | ↓ -84% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $6.48 | ↓ -84% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $6.60 | ↓ -84% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $6.60 | ↓ -84% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $6.74 | ↓ -84% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $6.80 | ↓ -83% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $6.80 | ↓ -83% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $10.88 | ↓ -73% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $21.97 | ↓ -46% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $22.01 | ↓ -46% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $24.04 | ↓ -41% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $25.39 | ↓ -38% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $27.59 | ↓ -33% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $32.07 | ↓ -22% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $36.62 | ↓ -11% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $37.27 | ↓ -9% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $39.64 | ↓ -3% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $39.92 | ↓ -3% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $41.39 | ↑ +1% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $41.39 | ↑ +1% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $41.73 | ↑ +2% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $43.56 | ↑ +6% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $45.44 | ↑ +11% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $45.44 | ↑ +11% |
| 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) | $54.10 | ↑ +32% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $56.30 | ↑ +37% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $57.18 | ↑ +39% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $63.69 | ↑ +55% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $74.91 | ↑ +83% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $80.42 | ↑ +96% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $84.65 | ↑ +107% |
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Lithium therapeutic drug level at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $84.80 | $25.66 – $95.40 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $84.80 | $25.66 – $95.40 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $60.80 | $18.40 – $68.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $39.20 | $11.86 – $44.10 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $84.80 | $25.66 – $95.40 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $67.20 | $28.85 – $75.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $67.20 | $28.85 – $75.60 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $35.14 | $6.16 – $50.54 |