Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$333.14
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.
$594.90
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.
$98.68 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $729.79 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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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (r) | $98.68 | ↓ -70% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $104.28 | ↓ -69% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $139.42 | ↓ -58% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $219.30 | ↓ -34% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $230.27 | ↓ -31% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $230.27 | ↓ -31% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $233.23 | ↓ -30% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $241.23 | ↓ -28% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $243.75 | ↓ -27% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $248.78 | ↓ -25% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $256.25 | ↓ -23% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $278.48 | ↓ -16% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $313.18 | ↓ -6% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $317.56 | ↓ -5% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $343.06 | ↑ +3% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $368.41 | ↑ +11% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $395.47 | ↑ +19% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $399.82 | ↑ +20% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $435.37 | ↑ +31% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $435.37 | ↑ +31% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $438.38 | ↑ +32% |
| 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) | $518.30 | ↑ +56% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (r) | $674.68 | ↑ +103% |
| allina aetna medicare (r) | allina aetna medicare (r) | $693.30 | ↑ +108% |
| medicare | medicare (r) | $729.79 | ↑ +119% |
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Bx thyroid/percutan core needle 60100 at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,190.40 | $360.24 – $1,339.20 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,420.00 | $507.57 – $1,597.50 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,350.40 | $518.54 – $1,519.20 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,212.80 | $520.75 – $1,364.40 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $1,212.80 | $520.75 – $1,364.40 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $295.34 | $67.05 – $3,243.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $333.14 | $96.29 – $3,572.45 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $295.34 | $67.05 – $3,243.00 |