Placement localization device(s) breast percutaneous mammographic guidance 1st lesion (both sides) at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$635.26
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.
$1,134.40
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.
$152.24 with blue cross blue shield vs $4,512.00 with medica ub health (b) — 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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| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $152.24 | ↓ -76% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $228.24 | ↓ -64% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $390.20 | ↓ -39% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $396.26 | ↓ -38% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $441.30 | ↓ -31% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $504.01 | ↓ -21% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $519.14 | ↓ -18% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $532.37 | ↓ -16% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $557.27 | ↓ -12% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $586.60 | ↓ -8% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $672.47 | ↑ +6% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $767.95 | ↑ +21% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $837.07 | ↑ +32% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $875.08 | ↑ +38% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $952.90 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $952.90 | ↑ +50% |
| 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) | $1,134.40 | ↑ +79% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $1,440.57 | ↑ +127% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $1,440.57 | ↑ +127% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $1,483.79 | ↑ +134% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $1,617.00 | ↑ +155% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $1,702.11 | ↑ +168% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $1,702.11 | ↑ +168% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $1,770.19 | ↑ +179% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $1,787.22 | ↑ +181% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $2,124.00 | ↑ +234% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $4,056.24 | ↑ +539% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $4,095.00 | ↑ +545% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $4,275.53 | ↑ +573% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $4,275.53 | ↑ +573% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $4,314.00 | ↑ +579% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $4,500.00 | ↑ +608% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $4,512.00 | ↑ +610% |
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Placement localization device(s) breast percutaneous mammographic guidance 1st lesion (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,528.80 | $462.65 – $1,719.90 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,090.40 | $621.12 – $1,669.61 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,908.00 | $924.66 – $2,146.50 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $476.00 | $204.38 – $535.50 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $476.00 | $204.38 – $535.50 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $860.50 | $123.37 – $3,895.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $635.26 | $152.24 – $4,275.53 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $860.50 | $123.37 – $4,056.24 |