Passy muir valve metal trach at River Falls Area Hospital

1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 15, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

$252.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$450.00

Gross charge

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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.

$46.34 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $339.08 with bc high value/ performance network (r) — same scan, same building. Share

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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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $46.34 ↓ -82%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $61.95 ↓ -75%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $84.61 ↓ -66%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $97.45 ↓ -61%
medica medica medicare (r) $102.32 ↓ -59%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $102.32 ↓ -59%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $103.64 ↓ -59%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $107.20 ↓ -57%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $110.54 ↓ -56%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $113.86 ↓ -55%
allina aetna medicare (r) allina aetna medicare (r) $138.23 ↓ -45%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $141.10 ↓ -44%
medicare medicare (r) $145.51 ↓ -42%
medicaid medicaid ma (r) $147.75 ↓ -41%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $152.44 ↓ -40%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $177.65 ↓ -30%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $193.45 ↓ -23%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $193.45 ↓ -23%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $194.79 ↓ -23%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $208.99 ↓ -17%
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) $230.30 ↓ -9%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $238.77 ↓ -5%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $268.52 ↑ +7%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $315.88 ↑ +25%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $339.08 ↑ +35%

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