Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$128.80
Cash price 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.
$230.00
Gross charge 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.
$20.80 with allina aetna medicare (r) vs $226.60 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| allina aetna medicare (r) | allina aetna medicare (r) | $20.80 | ↓ -84% |
| medicare | medicare (r) | $21.89 | ↓ -83% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (r) | $22.32 | ↓ -83% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (r) | $32.09 | ↓ -75% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $45.59 | ↓ -65% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $60.96 | ↓ -53% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $95.49 | ↓ -26% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $97.90 | ↓ -24% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $100.26 | ↓ -22% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $100.26 | ↓ -22% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $101.97 | ↓ -21% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $105.04 | ↓ -18% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $108.77 | ↓ -16% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $111.84 | ↓ -13% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $112.03 | ↓ -13% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $125.78 | ↓ -2% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $138.84 | ↑ +8% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $147.97 | ↑ +15% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $149.99 | ↑ +16% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $158.84 | ↑ +23% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $174.80 | ↑ +36% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $190.34 | ↑ +48% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $190.34 | ↑ +48% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $191.66 | ↑ +49% |
| 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) | $226.60 | ↑ +76% |
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Immunofixation electrophoresis serum at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $144.80 | $18.64 – $69.30 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $264.80 | $80.14 – $297.90 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $119.20 | $29.29 – $108.90 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $120.80 | $36.56 – $135.90 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $264.80 | $80.14 – $297.90 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $192.00 | $40.53 – $106.20 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $192.00 | $40.53 – $106.20 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $146.78 | $20.32 – $57.68 |