Insertion picc without port or pump with imaging guidance=>5y at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$3,309.26
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.
$5,909.40
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.
$211.17 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $2,277.10 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) | $211.17 | ↓ -94% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $458.15 | ↓ -86% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $569.06 | ↓ -83% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $612.54 | ↓ -81% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $650.01 | ↓ -80% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $731.03 | ↓ -78% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $860.00 | ↓ -74% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $923.16 | ↓ -72% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $963.48 | ↓ -71% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $1,011.65 | ↓ -69% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $1,011.65 | ↓ -69% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $1,024.69 | ↓ -69% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $1,059.83 | ↓ -68% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $1,093.01 | ↓ -67% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $1,125.80 | ↓ -66% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $1,395.18 | ↓ -58% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (r) | $1,499.78 | ↓ -55% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $1,507.21 | ↓ -54% |
| allina aetna medicare (r) | allina aetna medicare (r) | $1,541.18 | ↓ -53% |
| medicare | medicare (r) | $1,622.30 | ↓ -51% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $1,756.55 | ↓ -47% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,912.76 | ↓ -42% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,912.76 | ↓ -42% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $1,925.97 | ↓ -42% |
| 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) | $2,277.10 | ↓ -31% |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $3,280.80 | $992.85 – $3,690.90 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $3,145.60 | $1,155.40 – $3,538.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $2,355.20 | $1,141.39 – $2,649.60 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $3,082.32 | $195.88 – $3,895.00 |
| Owatonna Hospital | Owatonna | $3,309.26 | $215.87 – $4,275.53 |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital | MN 55407 | $3,082.32 | $195.88 – $3,895.00 |
| Allina Health Faribault Medical Center | Faribualt | $3,309.26 | $215.87 – $4,275.53 |
| New Ulm Medical Center | MN 56073 | $1,229.42 | $214.97 – $1,795.38 |