EKG (Tracing Only) 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

$172.31

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.

$307.70

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.

$56.21 with medicaid vs $326.61 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
medicaid medicaid ma (r) $56.21 ↓ -67%
allina aetna medicare (r) allina aetna medicare (r) $57.76 ↓ -66%
medicare medicare (r) $60.80 ↓ -65%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $61.91 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $65.98 ↓ -62%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $82.77 ↓ -52%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $130.19 ↓ -24%
medica medica medicare (r) $136.70 ↓ -21%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $136.70 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $138.47 ↓ -20%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $143.21 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $147.70 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $152.13 ↓ -12%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $188.53 ↑ +9%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $201.31 ↑ +17%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $203.67 ↑ +18%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $229.96 ↑ +33%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $237.36 ↑ +38%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $258.47 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $258.47 ↑ +50%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $258.64 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $260.25 ↑ +51%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $304.26 ↑ +77%
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) $307.70 ↑ +79%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $326.61 ↑ +90%

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EKG (Tracing Only) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $265.60 $62.37 – $298.80
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $278.40 $62.37 – $313.20
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $260.80 $62.37 – $293.40
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $224.80 $62.37 – $252.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $180.80 $62.37 – $203.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $260.80 $44.13 – $293.40
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $123.20 $45.08 – $138.60
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $278.40 $62.37 – $313.20

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