Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$94.30
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.
$168.40
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.
$26.50 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $160.20 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 |
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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (r) | $26.50 | ↓ -72% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $32.23 | ↓ -66% |
| allina aetna medicare (r) | allina aetna medicare (r) | $32.67 | ↓ -65% |
| medicare | medicare (r) | $34.39 | ↓ -64% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (r) | $35.06 | ↓ -63% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $43.09 | ↓ -54% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $67.51 | ↓ -28% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $70.89 | ↓ -25% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $70.89 | ↓ -25% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $72.09 | ↓ -24% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $74.26 | ↓ -21% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $76.90 | ↓ -18% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $79.20 | ↓ -16% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $80.83 | ↓ -14% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $92.34 | ↓ -2% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $98.15 | ↑ +4% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $103.86 | ↑ +10% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $106.04 | ↑ +12% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $122.18 | ↑ +30% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $123.58 | ↑ +31% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $131.15 | ↑ +39% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $134.57 | ↑ +43% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $134.57 | ↑ +43% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $135.50 | ↑ +44% |
| 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) | $160.20 | ↑ +70% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $107.20 | $32.44 – $120.60 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $108.80 | $32.93 – $122.40 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $101.60 | $30.75 – $114.30 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $108.80 | $32.93 – $122.40 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $136.00 | $56.33 – $147.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $136.00 | $56.33 – $147.60 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $121.87 | $16.78 – $63.07 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $94.30 | $20.71 – $118.21 |