Fetal non stress test 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

$385.62

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$688.60

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.

$138.55 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $1,467.42 with bc high value/ performance network (r) — same scan, same building. Share

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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) $138.55 ↓ -64%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $185.23 ↓ -52%
medicaid medicaid ma (r) $192.62 ↓ -50%
allina aetna medicare (r) allina aetna medicare (r) $197.93 ↓ -49%
medicare medicare (r) $208.35 ↓ -46%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $291.36 ↓ -24%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $296.45 ↓ -23%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $305.93 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $305.93 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $309.87 ↓ -20%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $320.50 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $330.53 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $340.44 ↓ -12%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $421.91 ↑ +9%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $455.78 ↑ +18%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $531.19 ↑ +38%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $578.42 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $578.42 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $582.42 ↑ +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) $688.60 ↑ +79%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $904.44 ↑ +135%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $1,033.21 ↑ +168%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $1,162.04 ↑ +201%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $1,367.02 ↑ +254%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $1,467.42 ↑ +281%

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Fetal non stress test at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $378.40 $114.51 – $425.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $264.80 $80.14 – $297.90
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $394.40 $119.36 – $443.70
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $451.20 $143.76 – $507.60
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $448.00 $146.87 – $504.00
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $300.00 $128.81 – $337.50
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $300.00 $128.81 – $337.50
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