Metoprolol tartrate 5 mg/5 ml intravenous (wrapper) at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$31.71
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.
$56.62
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.
$0.01 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $47.05 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $9.47 | ↓ -70% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $10.95 | ↓ -65% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $14.91 | ↓ -53% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $15.54 | ↓ -51% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $16.15 | ↓ -49% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $18.27 | ↓ -42% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $19.62 | ↓ -38% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $20.65 | ↓ -35% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $20.90 | ↓ -34% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $22.08 | ↓ -30% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $24.00 | ↓ -24% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $27.89 | ↓ -12% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $31.23 | ↓ -2% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $31.85 | ↑ +0% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $33.74 | ↑ +6% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $34.72 | ↑ +9% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $35.23 | ↑ +11% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $35.23 | ↑ +11% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $36.29 | ↑ +14% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $37.08 | ↑ +17% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $39.52 | ↑ +25% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $39.52 | ↑ +25% |
| 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) | $47.05 | ↑ +48% |
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Metoprolol tartrate 5 mg/5 ml intravenous (wrapper) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $68.64 | $18.23 – $67.76 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $60.57 | $18.24 – $67.81 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $48.62 | $14.63 – $54.40 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $24.81 | $7.33 – $27.24 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $60.45 | $18.24 – $67.81 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $44.49 | $16.39 – $32.79 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $60.28 | $29.21 – $67.81 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $60.46 | $18.23 – $67.77 |