Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$1,521.07
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.
$2,716.20
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.
$274.95 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $2,309.40 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) | $274.95 | ↓ -82% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $464.65 | ↓ -69% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $621.23 | ↓ -59% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $740.94 | ↓ -51% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (r) | $842.69 | ↓ -45% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $846.33 | ↓ -44% |
| allina aetna medicare (r) | allina aetna medicare (r) | $865.95 | ↓ -43% |
| medicare | medicare (r) | $911.53 | ↓ -40% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $951.83 | ↓ -37% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $977.15 | ↓ -36% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $1,026.01 | ↓ -33% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $1,026.01 | ↓ -33% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $1,039.23 | ↓ -32% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $1,074.87 | ↓ -29% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $1,108.51 | ↓ -27% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $1,119.75 | ↓ -26% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $1,141.77 | ↓ -25% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $1,201.99 | ↓ -21% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $1,414.97 | ↓ -7% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $1,528.59 | ↑ +0% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,781.47 | ↑ +17% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,939.90 | ↑ +28% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,939.90 | ↑ +28% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $1,953.29 | ↑ +28% |
| 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) | $2,309.40 | ↑ +52% |
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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $2,311.20 | $657.57 – $2,600.10 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $2,155.20 | $925.39 – $2,424.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $2,155.20 | $925.39 – $2,424.60 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $1,939.97 | $255.05 – $3,243.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $1,521.07 | $281.06 – $3,572.45 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $1,939.97 | $255.05 – $3,243.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $1,521.07 | $281.06 – $3,572.45 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $1,520.51 | $279.90 – $1,440.46 |