Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$2,572.19
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.
$4,593.20
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.
$0.01 with united healthcare (bdohsv) vs $3,312.54 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) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $386.14 | ↓ -85% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $645.16 | ↓ -75% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $852.70 | ↓ -67% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $900.68 | ↓ -65% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $978.79 | ↓ -62% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $1,137.70 | ↓ -56% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (b) | $1,233.93 | ↓ -52% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (b) | $1,233.93 | ↓ -52% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (b) | $1,270.95 | ↓ -51% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $1,299.24 | ↓ -49% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $1,382.52 | ↓ -46% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $1,404.08 | ↓ -45% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $1,406.39 | ↓ -45% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $1,416.17 | ↓ -45% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $1,468.38 | ↓ -43% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $1,468.38 | ↓ -43% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,480.47 | ↓ -42% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $1,545.34 | ↓ -40% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $1,563.67 | ↓ -39% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,612.13 | ↓ -37% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,612.13 | ↓ -37% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $1,839.48 | ↓ -28% |
| 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) | $1,919.20 | ↓ -25% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $1,974.61 | ↓ -23% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $2,078.53 | ↓ -19% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $3,312.54 | ↑ +29% |
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Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $2,500.80 | $756.80 – $2,813.40 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $2,565.60 | $776.41 – $2,886.30 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $3,883.20 | $220.31 – $819.00 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $1,572.80 | $475.97 – $1,769.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,520.80 | $460.23 – $1,710.90 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $3,883.20 | $414.69 – $1,363.49 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,567.20 | $759.50 – $1,763.10 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $2,565.60 | $776.41 – $2,886.30 |