Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution 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

$3,535.95

Cash price

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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.

$6,314.19

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.

$310.63 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,644.64 with bc aware/blue plus (nr) — 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) $310.63 ↓ -91%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $415.31 ↓ -88%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $653.26 ↓ -82%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $685.92 ↓ -81%
medica medica medicare (r) $685.92 ↓ -81%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $694.76 ↓ -80%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $718.59 ↓ -80%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $741.08 ↓ -79%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $763.31 ↓ -78%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $945.95 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $1,020.00 ↓ -71%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $1,021.91 ↓ -71%
medicaid medicaid ma (r) $1,065.36 ↓ -70%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $1,151.07 ↓ -67%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $1,190.97 ↓ -66%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,296.88 ↓ -63%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $1,296.88 ↓ -63%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $1,305.84 ↓ -63%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $1,354.05 ↓ -62%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $1,453.50 ↓ -59%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $1,530.00 ↓ -57%
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) $1,543.91 ↓ -56%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $2,644.64 ↓ -25%

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Calcitonin (salmon) 200 unit/ml injection solution at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $318.40 $96.35 – $358.19
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $203.00 $115.63 – $509.22
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $243.67 $118.09 – $509.22
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $567.61 $171.77 – $638.56
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $432.51 $185.71 – $486.57
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $432.51 $185.71 – $486.57
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $977.28 $712.95 – $1,782.37
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $3,535.95 $617.56 – $1,759.02

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