Ot re-evaluation patient/family at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$146.61
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.
$261.80
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.
$52.67 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $311.00 with united healthcare (bdohsv) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $52.67 | ↓ -64% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $55.11 | ↓ -62% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $55.11 | ↓ -62% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $56.76 | ↓ -61% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $61.15 | ↓ -58% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $64.76 | ↓ -56% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $68.17 | ↓ -54% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $68.17 | ↓ -54% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $70.90 | ↓ -52% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $71.58 | ↓ -51% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $116.32 | ↓ -21% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $122.86 | ↓ -16% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $125.54 | ↓ -14% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $127.47 | ↓ -13% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $141.95 | ↓ -3% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $155.20 | ↑ +6% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $160.00 | ↑ +9% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $166.99 | ↑ +14% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $177.23 | ↑ +21% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $179.26 | ↑ +22% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $188.70 | ↑ +29% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $193.18 | ↑ +32% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $201.95 | ↑ +38% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $219.91 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $219.91 | ↑ +50% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $232.25 | ↑ +58% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $242.06 | ↑ +65% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $252.73 | ↑ +72% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $252.73 | ↑ +72% |
| 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) | $261.80 | ↑ +79% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $266.00 | ↑ +81% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $311.00 | ↑ +112% |
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Ot re-evaluation patient/family at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $182.40 | $55.20 – $205.20 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $263.20 | $79.65 – $296.10 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $154.40 | $46.73 – $173.70 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $232.00 | $70.21 – $261.00 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $188.80 | $57.14 – $212.40 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $154.40 | $66.31 – $173.70 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $135.20 | $65.52 – $152.10 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $263.20 | $79.65 – $296.10 |