Slp eval for nonspeech dev ea addl 30 mins 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

$146.61

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.

$261.80

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.

$25.82 with all other medicaid vs $521.68 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.

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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
all other medicaid all other medicaid (b) $25.82 ↓ -82%
medicaid medicaid ma (b) $25.82 ↓ -82%
south country health alliance scha pmap (b) $26.59 ↓ -82%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $52.67 ↓ -64%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $102.37 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $116.32 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $122.86 ↓ -16%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $135.39 ↓ -8%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $155.20 ↑ +6%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $160.00 ↑ +9%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $177.23 ↑ +21%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $193.18 ↑ +32%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $201.95 ↑ +38%
medica ub health (b) medica ub health (b) $208.92 ↑ +43%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $219.91 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $219.91 ↑ +50%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $242.06 ↑ +65%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $252.73 ↑ +72%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $252.73 ↑ +72%
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) $261.80 ↑ +79%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $266.00 ↑ +81%
united healthcare (bdohsv) united healthcare (bdosv) $311.00 ↑ +112%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $347.02 ↑ +137%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $352.40 ↑ +140%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $392.47 ↑ +168%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $461.69 ↑ +215%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $495.60 ↑ +238%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $521.68 ↑ +256%

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Slp eval for nonspeech dev ea addl 30 mins at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $139.44 $25.82 – $340.33
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $146.61 $25.82 – $392.47
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $139.44 $25.82 – $340.33
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $146.61 $25.82 – $392.47
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $117.77 $92.06 – $603.94
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $139.44 $25.82 – $340.33
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $146.61 $25.82 – $392.47
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $146.61 $25.82 – $857.75

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