Anal/urinary muscle study 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

$297.98

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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.

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$532.10

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.

$107.06 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $727.22 with bc high value/ performance network (r) — 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) $107.06 ↓ -64%
medicaid medicaid ma (r) $122.59 ↓ -59%
allina aetna medicare (r) allina aetna medicare (r) $125.97 ↓ -58%
medicare medicare (r) $132.60 ↓ -56%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $143.13 ↓ -52%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $166.35 ↓ -44%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $225.14 ↓ -24%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $236.40 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $236.40 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $239.45 ↓ -20%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $247.65 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $255.41 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $263.07 ↓ -12%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $326.02 ↑ +9%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $352.20 ↑ +18%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $410.46 ↑ +38%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $446.96 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $446.96 ↑ +50%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $448.28 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $450.05 ↑ +51%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $512.04 ↑ +72%
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) $532.10 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $575.87 ↑ +93%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $677.47 ↑ +127%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $727.22 ↑ +144%

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Anal/urinary muscle study at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $356.00 $112.68 – $400.50
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $297.98 $122.59 – $1,002.38
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $297.98 $122.59 – $1,002.38
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $297.98 $122.59 – $1,002.38
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $297.98 $122.59 – $1,002.38
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby not published $164.28 – $164.28
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook not published $164.28 – $164.28
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley not published $164.28 – $164.28

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