Valproate in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (pediatric) - cnr 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

$86.41

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.

$154.30

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 $53.01 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%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $10.67 ↓ -88%
blue cross blue shield bc pmap (b d o s v) $12.34 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield bc state health plan (b d o s v) $16.80 ↓ -81%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (b d o s v) $17.50 ↓ -80%
blue cross allina health blueprint (bdoshv) $18.19 ↓ -79%
blue cross blue shield bc aehp (b d o s v) $20.59 ↓ -76%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc high value/performance network (bdosv) $22.11 ↓ -74%
blue cross blue shield bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) $23.27 ↓ -73%
aetna aetna elevate (bdosv) $23.55 ↓ -73%
aetna aetna performance (bdosv) $24.88 ↓ -71%
medica health system medica dual solutions (b d v o s) $27.04 ↓ -69%
aetna direct/indirect regional network aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) $31.42 ↓ -64%
health partners hpi cigna (mu) $35.19 ↓ -59%
healthpartners hpi (bdov) $35.89 ↓ -58%
medica health system medica elect (b d o s v) $38.02 ↓ -56%
health partners hpi cigna (bdov) $39.12 ↓ -55%
medica mhps medica mhps (bdosv) $39.69 ↓ -54%
medica medica essentials (b d o s v) $39.69 ↓ -54%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $40.89 ↓ -53%
medica health system medica choice (b d o s v) $41.78 ↓ -52%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $44.53 ↓ -48%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $44.53 ↓ -48%
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) $53.01 ↓ -39%

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Valproate in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (pediatric) - cnr at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $32.56 $34.85 – $34.85
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $86.41 $12.34 – $39.12
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $32.56 $32.02 – $34.90
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $86.41 $12.34 – $39.12
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $34.28 $18.56 – $38.26
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $32.56 $34.85 – $34.85
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $86.41 $12.34 – $35.89
River Falls Area Hospital River Falls $86.41 $21.02 – $24.67

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