Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$76.21
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.
$136.09
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 $40.47 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% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $4.71 | ↓ -94% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $5.31 | ↓ -93% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $6.26 | ↓ -92% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $6.72 | ↓ -91% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $7.08 | ↓ -91% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $7.08 | ↓ -91% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $7.98 | ↓ -90% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $8.14 | ↓ -89% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $17.98 | ↓ -76% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $18.99 | ↓ -75% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $20.64 | ↓ -73% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $23.99 | ↓ -69% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $27.40 | ↓ -64% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $29.03 | ↓ -62% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $29.86 | ↓ -61% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $30.30 | ↓ -60% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $30.30 | ↓ -60% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $31.22 | ↓ -59% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $31.89 | ↓ -58% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $33.99 | ↓ -55% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $33.99 | ↓ -55% |
| 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) | $40.47 | ↓ -47% |
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Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $61.28 | $18.43 – $68.50 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $49.76 | $14.81 – $55.06 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $25.49 | $7.59 – $28.21 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $61.89 | $18.73 – $69.62 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $59.00 | $1.02 – $50.56 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $146.20 | $1.00 – $68.71 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $61.18 | $18.48 – $68.71 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $42.05 | $15.15 – $39.69 |