Icd cobalt xt dr MRI is1 df1 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

$38,226.50

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.

$68,261.60

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.

$1,887.82 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $9,382.80 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $1,887.82 ↓ -95%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $2,523.97 ↓ -93%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $2,585.90 ↓ -93%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $3,095.39 ↓ -92%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $3,271.78 ↓ -91%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $3,641.46 ↓ -90%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $3,721.44 ↓ -90%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $3,908.87 ↓ -90%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $3,970.05 ↓ -90%
medica medica medicare (r) $4,168.55 ↓ -89%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $4,168.55 ↓ -89%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $4,222.26 ↓ -89%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $4,367.06 ↓ -89%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $4,503.74 ↓ -88%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $4,638.86 ↓ -88%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $5,748.84 ↓ -85%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $6,210.48 ↓ -84%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $7,237.89 ↓ -81%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $7,881.55 ↓ -79%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $7,881.55 ↓ -79%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $7,935.97 ↓ -79%
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) $9,382.80 ↓ -75%

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Icd cobalt xt dr MRI is1 df1 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $53,242.24 $1.02 – $22,381.59
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $32,765.57 not published
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $38,226.50 $2,183.52 – $6,923.54
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $32,765.57 not published
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt $38,226.50 $2,183.52 – $6,923.54
New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $36,331.62 $3,546.80 – $7,313.09
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $32,765.57 not published
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $38,226.50 $2,183.52 – $6,923.54

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