Pelvic Ultrasound (limited) 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

$508.65

Cash price

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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.

$908.30

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.

$99.61 with medicaid vs $811.12 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.

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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
medicaid medicaid ma (r) $99.61 ↓ -80%
allina aetna medicare (r) allina aetna medicare (r) $102.36 ↓ -80%
medicare medicare (r) $107.75 ↓ -79%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $109.84 ↓ -78%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $146.85 ↓ -71%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $163.86 ↓ -68%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $230.98 ↓ -55%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $242.53 ↓ -52%
medica medica medicare (r) $242.53 ↓ -52%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $245.66 ↓ -52%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $254.08 ↓ -50%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $262.03 ↓ -48%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $269.89 ↓ -47%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $334.47 ↓ -34%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $361.33 ↓ -29%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $421.11 ↓ -17%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $458.56 ↓ -10%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $458.56 ↓ -10%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $461.72 ↓ -9%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $499.93 ↓ -2%
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) $545.90 ↑ +7%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $571.11 ↑ +12%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $642.32 ↑ +26%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $755.62 ↑ +49%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $811.12 ↑ +59%

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Pelvic Ultrasound (limited) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $586.40 $111.66 – $659.70
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $714.40 $111.66 – $803.70
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $410.40 $111.66 – $461.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $716.80 $111.66 – $806.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $564.80 $111.66 – $635.40
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $410.40 $79.32 – $461.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $574.40 $81.04 – $646.20
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $714.40 $111.66 – $803.70

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