Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$1,004.25
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.
$1,793.30
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.
$152.05 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,607.42 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.
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 |
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| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $152.05 | ↓ -85% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $203.28 | ↓ -80% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (r) | $292.45 | ↓ -71% |
| allina aetna medicare (r) | allina aetna medicare (r) | $300.52 | ↓ -70% |
| medicare | medicare (r) | $316.34 | ↓ -68% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $319.75 | ↓ -68% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $335.74 | ↓ -67% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $335.74 | ↓ -67% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $340.07 | ↓ -66% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $351.73 | ↓ -65% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $362.74 | ↓ -64% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $373.62 | ↓ -63% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (r) | $401.10 | ↓ -60% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $463.02 | ↓ -54% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $500.20 | ↓ -50% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $582.95 | ↓ -42% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $634.79 | ↓ -37% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $634.79 | ↓ -37% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $639.17 | ↓ -36% |
| 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) | $755.70 | ↓ -25% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $990.74 | ↓ -1% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $1,131.90 | ↑ +13% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $1,272.93 | ↑ +27% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $1,497.43 | ↑ +49% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $1,607.42 | ↑ +60% |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance right at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $726.40 | $219.83 – $817.20 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $700.00 | $211.84 – $787.50 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $657.60 | $199.01 – $739.80 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $508.80 | $153.98 – $572.40 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $657.60 | $213.67 – $739.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $488.80 | $218.29 – $549.90 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $700.00 | $211.84 – $787.50 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $610.40 | $262.09 – $686.70 |