Lidocaine (pf) 4 mg/ml (0.4 %) in 5 % dextrose intravenous solution at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$61.98
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.
$110.68
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.
$0.01 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $93.10 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 premier (r) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (r) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $0.01 | ↓ -100% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $0.02 | ↓ -100% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $0.03 | ↓ -100% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $18.73 | ↓ -70% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $25.04 | ↓ -60% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $39.39 | ↓ -36% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $41.36 | ↓ -33% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $41.36 | ↓ -33% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $41.89 | ↓ -32% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $43.33 | ↓ -30% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $44.69 | ↓ -28% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $46.03 | ↓ -26% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $57.04 | ↓ -8% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $61.62 | ↓ -1% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $71.82 | ↑ +16% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $78.20 | ↑ +26% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $78.20 | ↑ +26% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $78.74 | ↑ +27% |
| 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) | $93.10 | ↑ +50% |
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Lidocaine (pf) 4 mg/ml (0.4 %) in 5 % dextrose intravenous solution at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $106.26 | $32.16 – $119.54 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $108.18 | $32.74 – $121.70 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $48.76 | $14.22 – $52.88 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $50.80 | $15.13 – $56.25 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $154.88 | $38.86 – $144.45 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $47.25 | $0.01 – $53.15 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $72.35 | $21.89 – $81.39 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $74.16 | $24.01 – $62.91 |