Sulfamethoxazole 400 mg-trimethoprim 80 mg/5 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

$49.13

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.

$87.74

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 $66.37 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) $0.06 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $0.07 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $0.08 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $0.09 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $0.09 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $0.09 ↓ -100%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $0.10 ↓ -100%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $13.35 ↓ -73%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $29.49 ↓ -40%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $31.15 ↓ -37%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $33.85 ↓ -31%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $39.34 ↓ -20%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $44.06 ↓ -10%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $44.93 ↓ -9%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $47.60 ↓ -3%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $48.97 ↓ -0%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $49.70 ↑ +1%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $49.70 ↑ +1%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $51.20 ↑ +4%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $52.31 ↑ +6%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $55.75 ↑ +13%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $55.75 ↑ +13%
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) $66.37 ↑ +35%

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Sulfamethoxazole 400 mg-trimethoprim 80 mg/5 ml intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $62.90 $18.97 – $70.53
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $51.37 $15.55 – $57.79
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $29.92 $7.84 – $29.16
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $52.51 $27.93 – $55.85
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $63.43 $30.74 – $71.35
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $65.88 $19.55 – $72.68
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $43.35 $16.08 – $42.14
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $43.35 $16.08 – $42.14

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