Cystogram >= 3 views supervision & interpretation 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

$556.14

Cash price

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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.

$993.10

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.

$199.81 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,932.82 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.

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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) $199.81 ↓ -64%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $267.14 ↓ -52%
medicaid medicaid ma (r) $332.39 ↓ -40%
allina aetna medicare (r) allina aetna medicare (r) $341.56 ↓ -39%
medicare medicare (r) $359.54 ↓ -35%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $390.47 ↓ -30%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $420.20 ↓ -24%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $441.21 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $441.21 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $446.90 ↓ -20%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $462.22 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $476.69 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $490.99 ↓ -12%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $608.47 ↑ +9%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $657.33 ↑ +18%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $766.08 ↑ +38%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $834.20 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $834.20 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $839.96 ↑ +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) $993.10 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $1,191.29 ↑ +114%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $1,360.90 ↑ +145%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $1,530.59 ↑ +175%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $1,800.58 ↑ +224%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $1,932.82 ↑ +248%

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Cystogram >= 3 views supervision & interpretation at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $876.00 $265.10 – $985.50
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $856.00 $259.05 – $963.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $804.00 $243.31 – $904.50
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $478.40 $144.78 – $538.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $844.00 $277.45 – $949.50
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $552.00 $267.51 – $621.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $856.00 $259.05 – $963.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $793.60 $340.75 – $892.80

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