Pregnancy Ultrasound (first trimester) 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

$510.78

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.

$912.10

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 $921.32 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) $131.56 ↓ -74%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $175.90 ↓ -66%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $186.13 ↓ -64%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $276.68 ↓ -46%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $290.51 ↓ -43%
medica medica medicare (r) $290.51 ↓ -43%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $294.25 ↓ -42%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $304.35 ↓ -40%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $313.87 ↓ -39%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $323.29 ↓ -37%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $400.64 ↓ -22%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $432.82 ↓ -15%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $504.42 ↓ -1%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $549.28 ↑ +8%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $549.28 ↑ +8%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $553.07 ↑ +8%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $567.85 ↑ +11%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $648.70 ↑ +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) $653.90 ↑ +28%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $729.59 ↑ +43%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $858.28 ↑ +68%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $921.32 ↑ +80%

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (first trimester) at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $792.80 $111.66 – $891.90
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $955.20 $111.66 – $1,074.60
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $426.40 $111.66 – $479.70
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $680.00 $111.66 – $765.00
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $721.60 $111.66 – $811.80
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $426.40 $79.32 – $479.70
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $748.00 $81.04 – $841.50
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $955.20 $111.66 – $1,074.60

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