Cell count w differential body fluid at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$97.55
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.
$174.20
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.
$5.22 with allina aetna medicare (r) vs $278.13 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| allina aetna medicare (r) | allina aetna medicare (r) | $5.22 | ↓ -95% |
| medicare | medicare (r) | $5.49 | ↓ -94% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (r) | $5.59 | ↓ -94% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $33.86 | ↓ -65% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $45.27 | ↓ -54% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (r) | $56.19 | ↓ -42% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $70.92 | ↓ -27% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $74.47 | ↓ -24% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $74.47 | ↓ -24% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $75.74 | ↓ -22% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $78.01 | ↓ -20% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $80.78 | ↓ -17% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $83.21 | ↓ -15% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $103.12 | ↑ +6% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $111.40 | ↑ +14% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $129.83 | ↑ +33% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $141.37 | ↑ +45% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $141.37 | ↑ +45% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $142.35 | ↑ +46% |
| 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) | $168.30 | ↑ +73% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $171.43 | ↑ +76% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $195.83 | ↑ +101% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $220.25 | ↑ +126% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $259.10 | ↑ +166% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $278.13 | ↑ +185% |
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Cell count w differential body fluid at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $40.00 | $12.11 – $45.00 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $152.80 | $46.24 – $171.90 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $72.00 | $21.79 – $81.00 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $39.20 | $11.86 – $44.10 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $152.80 | $46.24 – $171.90 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $86.40 | $37.10 – $97.20 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $86.40 | $37.10 – $97.20 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $106.75 | $5.22 – $101.00 |