Plasma cryoprecipitate reduced each unit 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

$362.15

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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.

$646.70

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.

$42.72 with all other medicaid vs $590.60 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.

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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) $42.72 ↓ -88%
medicaid medicaid ma (b) $42.72 ↓ -88%
south country health alliance scha pmap (b) $44.00 ↓ -88%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $75.35 ↓ -79%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $118.83 ↓ -67%
allina aetna medicare (b) allina aetna medicare (b) $123.44 ↓ -66%
medicare other all other medicare (b) $129.94 ↓ -64%
medicare medicare (b) $129.94 ↓ -64%
medica medica medicare (b) $135.14 ↓ -63%
bcbs bc medicare (b) $136.44 ↓ -62%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $161.47 ↓ -55%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $163.99 ↓ -55%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $182.63 ↓ -50%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $214.84 ↓ -41%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $230.62 ↓ -36%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $242.75 ↓ -33%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $262.40 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $277.17 ↓ -23%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $301.21 ↓ -17%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $350.11 ↓ -3%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $368.76 ↑ +2%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $399.82 ↑ +10%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $406.92 ↑ +12%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $432.79 ↑ +20%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $435.80 ↑ +20%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $451.87 ↑ +25%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $451.87 ↑ +25%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $455.59 ↑ +26%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $475.55 ↑ +31%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $496.10 ↑ +37%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $496.10 ↑ +37%
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) $590.60 ↑ +63%

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Plasma cryoprecipitate reduced each unit at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $311.14 $42.72 – $149.17
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $362.15 $42.72 – $435.80
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $311.14 $42.72 – $368.76
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $362.15 $42.72 – $435.80
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $278.60 $75.04 – $406.85
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $311.14 $42.72 – $136.44
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $362.15 $42.72 – $399.82
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $362.15 $42.72 – $322.24

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