Vaccine influenza preservative free trivalent (iiv3) 0.5ml dose im 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

$95.23

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.

$170.06

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 $170.06 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) $22.75 ↓ -76%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $25.67 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $30.20 ↓ -68%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $32.42 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $34.13 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $34.13 ↓ -64%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $34.22 ↓ -64%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $38.54 ↓ -60%
allina aetna medicare (b) allina aetna medicare (b) $44.34 ↓ -53%
medicare medicare (b) $46.67 ↓ -51%
medicare other all other medicare (b) $63.33 ↓ -33%
medica medica medicare (b) $65.86 ↓ -31%
bcbs bc medicare (b) $66.50 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $75.56 ↓ -21%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $79.81 ↓ -16%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $86.73 ↓ -9%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $100.81 ↑ +6%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $112.89 ↑ +19%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $115.13 ↑ +21%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $121.97 ↑ +28%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $125.49 ↑ +32%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $127.34 ↑ +34%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $127.34 ↑ +34%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $131.18 ↑ +38%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $134.02 ↑ +41%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $142.85 ↑ +50%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $142.85 ↑ +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) $170.06 ↑ +79%

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Vaccine influenza preservative free trivalent (iiv3) 0.5ml dose im at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $12.64 $3.82 – $14.21
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $81.63 $9.97 – $36.27
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $95.23 $22.75 – $125.49
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $81.63 $9.97 – $25.40
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $95.23 $22.75 – $125.49
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $89.98 $22.75 – $131.40
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $81.63 $9.97 – $25.35
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $95.23 $22.75 – $115.13

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