CT guidance for needle placement at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$2,737.39
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.
$4,888.20
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.
$368.03 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $4,888.20 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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) | $368.03 | ↓ -87% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $500.00 | ↓ -82% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $983.51 | ↓ -64% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $991.79 | ↓ -64% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $1,132.86 | ↓ -59% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $1,274.08 | ↓ -53% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $1,498.86 | ↓ -45% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $1,608.94 | ↓ -41% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $2,068.30 | ↓ -24% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $2,171.72 | ↓ -21% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $2,171.72 | ↓ -21% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $2,199.69 | ↓ -20% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $2,275.13 | ↓ -17% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $2,346.34 | ↓ -14% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $2,416.73 | ↓ -12% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $2,995.00 | ↑ +9% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $3,235.50 | ↑ +18% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $3,770.76 | ↑ +38% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $4,106.09 | ↑ +50% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $4,106.09 | ↑ +50% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $4,134.44 | ↑ +51% |
| 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) | $4,888.20 | ↑ +79% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,876.00 | $567.72 – $2,110.50 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,471.20 | $1.02 – $1,655.10 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,712.80 | $1.00 – $1,926.90 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $2,061.60 | $885.20 – $2,319.30 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $2,061.60 | $885.20 – $2,319.30 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $1,306.37 | $341.41 – $1,136.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $2,737.39 | $376.22 – $3,606.99 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $1,306.37 | $341.41 – $1,136.00 |