85/100
#183 nationally
Buffalo Hospital
303 Catlin Street, Buffalo, MN 55313 · (763) 682-1212
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Buffalo Hospital billed $2.99 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 21
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MN
- #12
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 88% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
306 | $8,909 | $2,210 | -24% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $14,763 | $2,598 | -24% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
67 | $30,381 | $16,638 | -53% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
47 | $43,268 | $12,562 | -31% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
42 | $15,262 | $3,020 | -25% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)
MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay |
32 | $48,035 | $17,905 | -40% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
29 | $17,213 | $4,996 | -29% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
28 | $23,377 | $11,500 | -46% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
23 | $6,406 | $1,403 | -43% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $17,739 | $9,365 | -55% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,142 | $1,846 | -11% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,763 | $2,598 | -24% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,909 | $2,210 | -24% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,262 | $3,020 | -25% |
|
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5493 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,213 | $4,996 | -29% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,911 | $6,475 | -30% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,268 | $12,562 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,152 | $3,887 | -32% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$17,739 | $9,365 | -55% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$30,381 | $16,638 | -53% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$14,987 | $7,581 | -53% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$23,937 | $11,287 | -49% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$17,039 | $8,390 | -48% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$23,806 | $8,710 | -48% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,270 | $1,431 | -48% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$15,939 | $7,844 | -46% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.