Ot therapeutic interventions cognitive skills direct patient contact initial 15 minutes at Buffalo Hospital

303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 16, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$81.48

Cash price

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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.

$145.50

Gross charge

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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.

$17.57 with all other medicaid 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
all other medicaid all other medicaid (b) $17.57 ↓ -78%
medicaid medicaid ma (b) $17.57 ↓ -78%
south country health alliance scha pmap (b) $18.10 ↓ -78%
allina aetna medicare (b) allina aetna medicare (b) $20.84 ↓ -74%
medicare other all other medicare (b) $21.94 ↓ -73%
medicare medicare (b) $21.94 ↓ -73%
medica medica medicare (b) $22.82 ↓ -72%
bcbs bc medicare (b) $23.04 ↓ -72%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $29.27 ↓ -64%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $49.79 ↓ -39%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $57.87 ↓ -29%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $64.65 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $68.28 ↓ -16%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $86.25 ↑ +6%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $98.50 ↑ +21%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $107.36 ↑ +32%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $112.24 ↑ +38%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $122.22 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $122.22 ↑ +50%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $124.01 ↑ +52%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $125.94 ↑ +55%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $140.26 ↑ +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) $145.50 ↑ +79%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $160.00 ↑ +96%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $165.00 ↑ +103%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $177.12 ↑ +117%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $186.44 ↑ +129%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $242.06 ↑ +197%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $252.73 ↑ +210%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $252.73 ↑ +210%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $266.00 ↑ +226%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $311.00 ↑ +282%

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Ot therapeutic interventions cognitive skills direct patient contact initial 15 minutes at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $157.60 $47.69 – $177.30
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $134.40 $40.67 – $151.20
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $138.40 $41.88 – $155.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $122.40 $37.04 – $137.70
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $129.60 $39.22 – $145.80
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $138.40 $20.50 – $155.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $103.20 $20.50 – $116.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $134.40 $40.67 – $151.20

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