Brachy source yttrium-90 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

$36,771.84

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.

$65,664.00

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.

$0.20 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $51,993.86 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) $0.20 ↓ -100%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $0.27 ↓ -100%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $0.42 ↓ -100%
medica medica medicare (r) $0.44 ↓ -100%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $0.44 ↓ -100%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $0.45 ↓ -100%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $0.46 ↓ -100%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $0.48 ↓ -100%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $0.49 ↓ -100%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $0.61 ↓ -100%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $0.66 ↓ -100%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $0.77 ↓ -100%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $0.84 ↓ -100%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $0.84 ↓ -100%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $0.85 ↓ -100%
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) $1.00 ↓ -100%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $10,503.91 ↓ -71%
allina aetna medicare (r) allina aetna medicare (r) $16,577.79 ↓ -55%
medicare medicare (r) $17,450.31 ↓ -53%
united healthcare (n,r) united healthcare (nr) $23,749.10 ↓ -35%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $32,046.39 ↓ -13%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $36,608.91 ↓ -0%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $41,173.65 ↑ +12%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $48,436.47 ↑ +32%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $51,993.86 ↑ +41%

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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $31,518.72 $6,650.83 – $18,880.90
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $36,771.84 $0.68 – $23,790.00
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $31,518.72 $6,650.83 – $43,773.72
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $36,771.84 $0.68 – $23,790.00
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $25,280.47 $0.44 – $36,608.91
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $31,518.72 $6,650.83 – $19,548.11
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $36,771.84 $0.68 – $23,790.00
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $36,771.84 $0.68 – $23,790.00

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