Pr evaluation psychiatric diagnostic w/medical services at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$262.14
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.
$468.10
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 medica mhps vs $983.35 with blue cross blue shield — 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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| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (b d o s v) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $35.87 | ↓ -86% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $79.22 | ↓ -70% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $83.68 | ↓ -68% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $90.93 | ↓ -65% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $105.70 | ↓ -60% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $120.70 | ↓ -54% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $130.66 | ↓ -50% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $131.57 | ↓ -50% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $137.54 | ↓ -48% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $142.28 | ↓ -46% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $143.57 | ↓ -45% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $149.77 | ↓ -43% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $149.77 | ↓ -43% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $169.11 | ↓ -35% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $169.11 | ↓ -35% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $173.78 | ↓ -34% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $174.18 | ↓ -34% |
| 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) | $178.30 | ↓ -32% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $182.93 | ↓ -30% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $182.93 | ↓ -30% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $190.25 | ↓ -27% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $192.08 | ↓ -27% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $255.20 | ↓ -3% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $402.25 | ↑ +53% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $654.10 | ↑ +150% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $664.26 | ↑ +153% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $674.00 | ↑ +157% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $739.77 | ↑ +182% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $870.26 | ↑ +232% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $934.18 | ↑ +256% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $983.35 | ↑ +275% |
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Pr evaluation psychiatric diagnostic w/medical services at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $340.80 | $103.13 – $383.40 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $324.00 | $115.02 – $364.50 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $178.13 | $146.31 – $587.12 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $262.14 | $120.70 – $739.77 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $178.13 | $146.31 – $402.25 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $262.14 | $120.70 – $739.77 |
| Mercy Hospital | MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley | $178.13 | $146.31 – $206.82 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $262.14 | $120.70 – $739.77 |