Ghs sedimentation rate 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

$32.42

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.

$57.90

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.

$3.70 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $57.90 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $3.70 ↓ -89%
allina aetna medicare (r) allina aetna medicare (r) $3.97 ↓ -88%
medicare medicare (r) $4.18 ↓ -87%
medicaid medicaid ma (r) $4.27 ↓ -87%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $9.13 ↓ -72%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $10.44 ↓ -68%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $11.65 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $11.74 ↓ -64%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $13.81 ↓ -57%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $14.82 ↓ -54%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $15.58 ↓ -52%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $24.40 ↓ -25%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $25.62 ↓ -21%
medica medica medicare (r) $25.62 ↓ -21%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $26.05 ↓ -20%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $26.84 ↓ -17%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $27.79 ↓ -14%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $28.63 ↓ -12%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $35.48 ↑ +9%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $38.32 ↑ +18%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $44.66 ↑ +38%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $48.64 ↑ +50%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $48.64 ↑ +50%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $48.97 ↑ +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) $57.90 ↑ +79%

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Ghs sedimentation rate at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $64.80 $19.61 – $72.90
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $38.40 $11.62 – $43.20
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $24.00 $7.26 – $27.00
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $64.80 $19.61 – $72.90
Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center Thief River Falls $61.60 $26.45 – $69.30
Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls Thief River Falls $61.60 $26.45 – $69.30
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $32.42 $3.60 – $42.72
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $32.42 $3.60 – $42.72

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