Lithium therapeutic drug level at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$40.99
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.
$73.20
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.
$6.16 with allina aetna medicare (r) vs $139.18 with bc high value/ performance network (r) — 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) | $6.16 | ↓ -85% |
| medicare | medicare (r) | $6.48 | ↓ -84% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (r) | $6.60 | ↓ -84% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $10.88 | ↓ -73% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $14.55 | ↓ -65% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $22.79 | ↓ -44% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $23.93 | ↓ -42% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $23.93 | ↓ -42% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $24.35 | ↓ -41% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $25.07 | ↓ -39% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $25.97 | ↓ -37% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $26.75 | ↓ -35% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (r) | $28.12 | ↓ -31% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $33.15 | ↓ -19% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $35.81 | ↓ -13% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $41.73 | ↑ +2% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $45.44 | ↑ +11% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $45.44 | ↑ +11% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $45.76 | ↑ +12% |
| 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) | $54.10 | ↑ +32% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $85.78 | ↑ +109% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $98.00 | ↑ +139% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $110.22 | ↑ +169% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $129.66 | ↑ +216% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $139.18 | ↑ +240% |
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Lithium therapeutic drug level at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $84.80 | $25.66 – $95.40 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $84.80 | $25.66 – $95.40 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $60.80 | $18.40 – $68.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $39.20 | $11.86 – $44.10 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $84.80 | $25.66 – $95.40 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $67.20 | $28.85 – $75.60 |
| Sanford Behavioral Health Thief River Falls | Thief River Falls | $67.20 | $28.85 – $75.60 |
| United Hospital | MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings | $35.14 | $6.16 – $50.54 |