Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$773.81
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.
$1,381.80
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.
$199.00 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $3,889.13 with health partners — 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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| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $199.00 | ↓ -74% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $215.47 | ↓ -72% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $441.63 | ↓ -43% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $475.80 | ↓ -39% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $502.57 | ↓ -35% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $546.16 | ↓ -29% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $634.83 | ↓ -18% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $724.97 | ↓ -6% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $784.76 | ↑ +1% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $790.21 | ↑ +2% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $819.35 | ↑ +6% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $819.35 | ↑ +6% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $826.09 | ↑ +7% |
| medica ub health (b) | medica ub health (b) | $854.58 | ↑ +10% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $862.29 | ↑ +11% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $899.56 | ↑ +16% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $899.56 | ↑ +16% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $906.57 | ↑ +17% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $920.58 | ↑ +19% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $1,025.14 | ↑ +32% |
| 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) | $1,070.90 | ↑ +38% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $1,206.00 | ↑ +56% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $1,294.54 | ↑ +67% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $1,362.69 | ↑ +76% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $1,499.78 | ↑ +94% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $1,499.78 | ↑ +94% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $1,541.18 | ↑ +99% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $1,544.77 | ↑ +100% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $1,622.30 | ↑ +110% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $1,622.30 | ↑ +110% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $1,687.19 | ↑ +118% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $1,703.41 | ↑ +120% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $3,889.13 | ↑ +403% |
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Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $1,075.20 | $325.38 – $1,209.60 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $1,410.40 | $426.82 – $1,586.70 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $1,628.80 | $492.92 – $1,832.40 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,410.40 | $803.40 – $1,600.77 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,150.40 | $368.70 – $1,600.77 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $1,075.20 | $325.38 – $1,209.60 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,650.40 | $708.64 – $1,856.70 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,650.40 | $708.64 – $1,856.70 |