Etonogestrel implant system 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

$1,217.80

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.

$2,174.65

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.

$280.03 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $3,212.28 with bc aware/blue plus (nr) — 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) $280.03 ↓ -77%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $374.39 ↓ -69%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $588.89 ↓ -52%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $618.33 ↓ -49%
medica medica medicare (r) $618.33 ↓ -49%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $626.31 ↓ -49%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $647.78 ↓ -47%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $668.06 ↓ -45%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $688.11 ↓ -43%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $852.76 ↓ -30%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $921.23 ↓ -24%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $1,073.63 ↓ -12%
medicaid medicaid ma (r) $1,155.24 ↓ -5%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $1,169.11 ↓ -4%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,169.11 ↓ -4%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $1,177.18 ↓ -3%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $1,238.93 ↑ +2%
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) $1,391.80 ↑ +14%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $1,398.13 ↑ +15%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $1,644.68 ↑ +35%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $1,765.48 ↑ +45%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $1,858.40 ↑ +53%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $3,212.28 ↑ +164%

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Etonogestrel implant system at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $1,839.43 $449.24 – $1,670.04
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $990.92 $299.87 – $1,114.78
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,054.64 $578.07 – $1,200.64
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $914.66 $443.27 – $1,028.99
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $730.22 $608.52 – $2,010.78
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $1,217.80 $556.72 – $2,136.57
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $730.22 $608.52 – $1,674.28
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $1,217.80 $942.21 – $2,136.57

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