Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$38.53
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.
$68.81
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.
$0.67 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $47.22 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) | $0.67 | ↓ -98% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $0.76 | ↓ -98% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $0.89 | ↓ -98% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $0.95 | ↓ -98% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $1.01 | ↓ -97% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $1.74 | ↓ -95% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $9.50 | ↓ -75% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $12.70 | ↓ -67% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $19.98 | ↓ -48% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $20.98 | ↓ -46% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $20.98 | ↓ -46% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $21.25 | ↓ -45% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $21.98 | ↓ -43% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $22.67 | ↓ -41% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $23.35 | ↓ -39% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $28.93 | ↓ -25% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $31.25 | ↓ -19% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $36.43 | ↓ -5% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $39.66 | ↑ +3% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $39.66 | ↑ +3% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $39.94 | ↑ +4% |
| 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) | $47.22 | ↑ +23% |
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Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $62.38 | $18.39 – $68.38 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $61.72 | $18.38 – $68.33 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $53.80 | $14.80 – $55.04 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $24.98 | $7.49 – $27.83 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $61.72 | $18.64 – $69.31 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $46.15 | $1.02 – $50.52 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $62.38 | $1.00 – $68.96 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $60.69 | $18.37 – $68.27 |