Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml 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

$130.36

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.

$232.78

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.

$45.16 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $224.45 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $45.16 ↓ -65%
medicaid medicaid ma (r) $48.91 ↓ -62%
allina aetna medicare (r) allina aetna medicare (r) $50.42 ↓ -61%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $53.08 ↓ -59%
medicare medicare (r) $53.08 ↓ -59%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $59.90 ↓ -54%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $60.38 ↓ -54%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $70.46 ↓ -46%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $75.64 ↓ -42%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $79.62 ↓ -39%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $94.97 ↓ -27%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $99.72 ↓ -24%
medica medica medicare (r) $99.72 ↓ -24%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $101.00 ↓ -23%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $104.47 ↓ -20%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $107.74 ↓ -17%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $110.97 ↓ -15%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $137.52 ↑ +5%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $137.63 ↑ +6%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $148.56 ↑ +14%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $173.14 ↑ +33%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $188.54 ↑ +45%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $188.54 ↑ +45%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $189.84 ↑ +46%
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) $224.45 ↑ +72%

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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $232.17 $35.77 – $132.96
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $217.25 $55.72 – $229.89
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $52.25 $15.81 – $58.78
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $91.80 $19.19 – $71.33
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $147.84 $41.20 – $153.15
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $74.25 $29.19 – $57.65
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $111.92 $49.49 – $125.56
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $96.91 $29.33 – $109.02

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