Vancomycin 750 mg intravenous solution at Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin St, Buffalo, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1538123567
$40.35
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.
$72.05
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 $57.61 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | $11.59 | ↓ -71% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc pmap (b d o s v) | $13.41 | ↓ -67% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc state health plan (b d o s v) | $18.26 | ↓ -55% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (b d o s v) | $19.02 | ↓ -53% |
| blue cross | allina health blueprint (bdoshv) | $19.77 | ↓ -51% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aehp (b d o s v) | $22.38 | ↓ -45% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc high value/performance network (bdosv) | $24.02 | ↓ -40% |
| blue cross blue shield | bc aware/blue plus (b d o s v) | $25.29 | ↓ -37% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (bdosv) | $25.60 | ↓ -37% |
| aetna | aetna performance (bdosv) | $27.04 | ↓ -33% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (b d v o s) | $29.38 | ↓ -27% |
| aetna direct/indirect regional network | aetna direct/indirect regional (bdosv) | $34.15 | ↓ -15% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (mu) | $38.24 | ↓ -5% |
| healthpartners | hpi (bdov) | $39.00 | ↓ -3% |
| medica health system | medica elect (b d o s v) | $41.32 | ↑ +2% |
| health partners | hpi cigna (bdov) | $42.51 | ↑ +5% |
| medica mhps | medica mhps (bdosv) | $43.14 | ↑ +7% |
| medica | medica essentials (b d o s v) | $43.14 | ↑ +7% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $44.44 | ↑ +10% |
| medica health system | medica choice (b d o s v) | $45.40 | ↑ +13% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $48.39 | ↑ +20% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $48.39 | ↑ +20% |
| 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) | $57.61 | ↑ +43% |
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Vancomycin 750 mg intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $91.42 | $20.53 – $76.34 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $70.40 | $17.51 – $65.08 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $71.42 | $9.48 – $35.23 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $92.00 | $20.38 – $75.74 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $91.42 | $32.57 – $75.60 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $91.42 | $20.50 – $76.20 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $49.30 | $18.16 – $47.58 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $49.30 | $18.16 – $47.58 |