Pr incision & drainage abscess simple/single at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$463.62
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.
$827.90
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.
$129.09 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $641.60 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.
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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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $129.09 | ↓ -72% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $174.11 | ↓ -62% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $191.16 | ↓ -59% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $191.16 | ↓ -59% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $196.43 | ↓ -58% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $196.89 | ↓ -58% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $199.00 | ↓ -57% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $206.77 | ↓ -55% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $206.77 | ↓ -55% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $215.04 | ↓ -54% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $217.11 | ↓ -53% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $285.06 | ↓ -39% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $301.10 | ↓ -35% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $327.22 | ↓ -29% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $357.42 | ↓ -23% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $362.94 | ↓ -22% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $380.34 | ↓ -18% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $404.16 | ↓ -13% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $434.34 | ↓ -6% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $470.16 | ↑ +1% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $473.43 | ↑ +2% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $475.47 | ↑ +3% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $490.89 | ↑ +6% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $490.89 | ↑ +6% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $494.93 | ↑ +7% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $497.45 | ↑ +7% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $510.37 | ↑ +10% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $512.00 | ↑ +10% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $516.62 | ↑ +11% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $537.24 | ↑ +16% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $538.94 | ↑ +16% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $538.94 | ↑ +16% |
| 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) | $641.60 | ↑ +38% |
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Pr incision & drainage abscess simple/single at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $585.60 | $177.22 – $658.80 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $624.00 | $173.10 – $643.50 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $556.00 | $168.26 – $625.50 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $537.60 | $162.69 – $604.80 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $414.40 | $125.41 – $466.20 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $556.00 | $144.42 – $625.50 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $435.20 | $147.55 – $489.60 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $624.00 | $173.10 – $643.50 |