Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$1,317.34
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.
$2,352.40
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.
$215.64 with medicaid vs $2,352.40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $215.64 | ↓ -84% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $215.64 | ↓ -84% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $222.11 | ↓ -83% |
| allina aetna medicare (b) | allina aetna medicare (b) | $248.10 | ↓ -81% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (b) | $261.16 | ↓ -80% |
| medicare | medicare (b) | $261.16 | ↓ -80% |
| medica | medica medicare (b) | $271.61 | ↓ -79% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (b) | $274.22 | ↓ -79% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $380.32 | ↓ -71% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $473.30 | ↓ -64% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $640.39 | ↓ -51% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $815.00 | ↓ -38% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $827.71 | ↓ -37% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $921.79 | ↓ -30% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $1,045.17 | ↓ -21% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $1,084.38 | ↓ -18% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $1,103.98 | ↓ -16% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $1,164.05 | ↓ -12% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $1,199.72 | ↓ -9% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $1,225.31 | ↓ -7% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $1,394.50 | ↑ +6% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $1,592.50 | ↑ +21% |
| united healthcare (bdohsv) | united healthcare (bdosv) | $1,620.80 | ↑ +23% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $1,723.84 | ↑ +31% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $1,735.83 | ↑ +32% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $1,799.82 | ↑ +37% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $1,799.82 | ↑ +37% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,814.64 | ↑ +38% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $1,894.15 | ↑ +44% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,976.02 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,976.02 | ↑ +50% |
| 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) | $2,352.40 | ↑ +79% |
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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $759.20 | $229.75 – $854.10 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $727.20 | $220.07 – $818.10 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $586.40 | $177.46 – $659.70 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $734.40 | $222.25 – $826.20 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $718.40 | $217.41 – $808.20 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $586.40 | $243.01 – $659.70 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $599.20 | $243.01 – $674.10 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $727.20 | $220.07 – $818.10 |