Lower Leg (Shin) X-ray (both sides) at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$208.99
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.
$373.20
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.
$37.56 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $441.18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $37.56 | ↓ -82% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $50.22 | ↓ -76% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $79.00 | ↓ -62% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (r) | $82.91 | ↓ -60% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $82.95 | ↓ -60% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $82.95 | ↓ -60% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $84.02 | ↓ -60% |
| allina aetna medicare (r) | allina aetna medicare (r) | $85.21 | ↓ -59% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $86.90 | ↓ -58% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (r) | $89.13 | ↓ -57% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $89.62 | ↓ -57% |
| medicare | medicare (r) | $89.69 | ↓ -57% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $92.30 | ↓ -56% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $114.39 | ↓ -45% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $123.58 | ↓ -41% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $144.02 | ↓ -31% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $156.83 | ↓ -25% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $156.83 | ↓ -25% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $157.91 | ↓ -24% |
| 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) | $186.70 | ↓ -11% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $271.92 | ↑ +30% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $310.64 | ↑ +49% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $349.37 | ↑ +67% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $411.00 | ↑ +97% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $441.18 | ↑ +111% |
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Lower Leg (Shin) X-ray (both sides) at other Minnesota hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $338.40 | $92.45 – $380.70 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $456.00 | $92.45 – $513.00 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $532.80 | $92.45 – $599.40 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $326.40 | $92.45 – $367.20 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $195.20 | $59.07 – $219.60 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $532.80 | $65.56 – $599.40 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $349.60 | $66.97 – $393.30 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $456.00 | $92.45 – $513.00 |