Ghs paravert facet/nerve lumb ea add bil 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

$701.90

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.

$1,253.40

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.

$25.43 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $4,914.09 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) $25.43 ↓ -96%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $34.00 ↓ -95%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $53.48 ↓ -92%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $56.15 ↓ -92%
medica medica medicare (r) $56.15 ↓ -92%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $56.88 ↓ -92%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $58.83 ↓ -92%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $60.67 ↓ -91%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $62.49 ↓ -91%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $77.45 ↓ -89%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $83.66 ↓ -88%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $97.50 ↓ -86%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $106.18 ↓ -85%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $106.18 ↓ -85%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $106.91 ↓ -85%
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) $126.40 ↓ -82%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $992.76 ↑ +41%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $3,028.80 ↑ +332%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $3,460.01 ↑ +393%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $3,891.44 ↑ +454%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $4,577.87 ↑ +552%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $4,914.09 ↑ +600%

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Ghs paravert facet/nerve lumb ea add bil at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $1,052.80 $1.02 – $1,184.40
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $1,081.60 $464.41 – $1,216.80
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $1,081.60 $464.41 – $1,216.80
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $914.26 $468.00 – $3,243.00
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $701.90 $85.57 – $2,248.47
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $914.26 $468.00 – $3,243.00
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $701.90 $85.57 – $2,248.47
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $164.70 $54.72 – $3,460.01

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