Assay of breath ethanol at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$84.00
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.
$150.00
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.
$22.82 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $118.70 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.
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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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (r) | $22.82 | ↓ -73% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $23.88 | ↓ -72% |
| allina aetna medicare (r) | allina aetna medicare (r) | $27.93 | ↓ -67% |
| medicare | medicare (r) | $29.40 | ↓ -65% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (r) | $29.97 | ↓ -64% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $31.93 | ↓ -62% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $50.02 | ↓ -40% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $52.52 | ↓ -37% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $52.52 | ↓ -37% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $53.41 | ↓ -36% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $55.02 | ↓ -35% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $56.98 | ↓ -32% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $58.69 | ↓ -30% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $69.62 | ↓ -17% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $72.73 | ↓ -13% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $78.57 | ↓ -6% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $79.53 | ↓ -5% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $89.44 | ↑ +6% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $91.57 | ↑ +9% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $99.71 | ↑ +19% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $99.71 | ↑ +19% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $100.40 | ↑ +20% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $105.22 | ↑ +25% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $112.95 | ↑ +34% |
| 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) | $118.70 | ↑ +41% |
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Assay of breath ethanol at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $84.80 | $25.66 – $95.40 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $44.80 | $19.24 – $50.40 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $44.80 | $19.24 – $50.40 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $84.00 | $17.83 – $87.59 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $84.00 | $17.83 – $87.59 |
| Buffalo Hospital | Buffalo | $84.00 | $17.83 – $87.59 |
| Cambridge Medical Center | Cambridge | $84.00 | $17.83 – $87.59 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | not published | $28.50 – $31.50 |