Protamine 10 mg/ml intravenous solution 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

$33.51

Cash price

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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.

$59.84

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.

$0.01 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $53.92 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
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $0.01 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $1.43 ↓ -96%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $1.61 ↓ -95%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $1.89 ↓ -94%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $2.04 ↓ -94%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $2.14 ↓ -94%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $2.14 ↓ -94%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $2.41 ↓ -93%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $10.85 ↓ -68%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $23.96 ↓ -28%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $25.30 ↓ -25%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $27.50 ↓ -18%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $31.96 ↓ -5%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $36.50 ↑ +9%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $38.67 ↑ +15%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $39.79 ↑ +19%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $40.38 ↑ +21%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $40.38 ↑ +21%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $41.59 ↑ +24%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $42.49 ↑ +27%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $45.29 ↑ +35%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $45.29 ↑ +35%
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) $53.92 ↑ +61%

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Protamine 10 mg/ml intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $62.01 $18.45 – $68.60
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $62.96 $18.62 – $69.20
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $50.88 $15.40 – $57.23
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $26.96 $8.03 – $29.86
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $62.97 $19.06 – $70.84
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $50.07 $1.02 – $37.49
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $62.91 $1.00 – $70.77
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $64.86 $19.63 – $72.96

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