Biopsy renal percutaneous trocar/needle (both sides) at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$847.56
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.
$1,513.50
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.
$242.39 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,702.11 with medicare — 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) | $242.39 | ↓ -71% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $324.06 | ↓ -62% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (r) | $386.52 | ↓ -54% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $509.73 | ↓ -40% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $535.22 | ↓ -37% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $535.22 | ↓ -37% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $542.12 | ↓ -36% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $560.70 | ↓ -34% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $578.26 | ↓ -32% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $595.60 | ↓ -30% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $738.12 | ↓ -13% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $797.39 | ↓ -6% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $929.31 | ↑ +10% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $954.71 | ↑ +13% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,011.95 | ↑ +19% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,011.95 | ↑ +19% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $1,018.94 | ↑ +20% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $1,090.73 | ↑ +29% |
| 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) | $1,204.70 | ↑ +42% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $1,226.63 | ↑ +45% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $1,442.96 | ↑ +70% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $1,548.95 | ↑ +83% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (r) | $1,573.57 | ↑ +86% |
| allina aetna medicare (r) | allina aetna medicare (r) | $1,617.00 | ↑ +91% |
| medicare | medicare (r) | $1,702.11 | ↑ +101% |
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Biopsy renal percutaneous trocar/needle (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $2,143.20 | $648.59 – $2,411.10 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,784.00 | $1,169.64 – $3,132.00 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $939.20 | $455.16 – $1,669.61 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $841.78 | $262.59 – $3,895.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $847.56 | $377.15 – $4,275.53 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $841.78 | $262.59 – $4,056.36 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $847.56 | $377.15 – $4,275.53 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $555.46 | $393.48 – $1,702.11 |