Abdominal and Pelvic Blood Vessel Ultrasound (limited) at River Falls Area Hospital

1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$979.33

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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.

$1,748.80

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.

$28.57 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $811.12 with bc high value/ performance network (r) — same scan, same building. Share

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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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $28.57 ↓ -97%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $38.20 ↓ -96%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $60.08 ↓ -94%
medica medica medicare (r) $63.08 ↓ -94%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $63.08 ↓ -94%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $63.90 ↓ -93%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $66.09 ↓ -93%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $68.16 ↓ -93%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $70.20 ↓ -93%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $87.00 ↓ -91%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $93.99 ↓ -90%
medicaid medicaid ma (r) $99.61 ↓ -90%
allina aetna medicare (r) allina aetna medicare (r) $102.36 ↓ -90%
medicare medicare (r) $107.75 ↓ -89%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $109.54 ↓ -89%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $119.28 ↓ -88%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $119.28 ↓ -88%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $120.10 ↓ -88%
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) $142.00 ↓ -86%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $163.86 ↓ -83%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $499.93 ↓ -49%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $571.11 ↓ -42%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $642.32 ↓ -34%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $755.62 ↓ -23%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $811.12 ↓ -17%

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Abdominal and Pelvic Blood Vessel Ultrasound (limited) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $952.00 $111.66 – $1,071.00
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $1,561.60 $111.66 – $1,756.80
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $853.60 $111.66 – $960.30
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $824.80 $111.66 – $927.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $867.20 $111.66 – $975.60
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $853.60 $79.32 – $960.30
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $832.80 $81.04 – $936.90
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $1,561.60 $111.66 – $1,756.80

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