Puncture spinal lumbar diagnostic at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$693.56
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.
$1,238.50
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.
$192.20 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $959.70 with all other contracted care (a b c d e g h n o r s u) — 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 |
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| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (r) | $192.20 | ↓ -72% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $193.09 | ↓ -72% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $258.16 | ↓ -63% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $406.07 | ↓ -41% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $426.37 | ↓ -39% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $426.37 | ↓ -39% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $431.87 | ↓ -38% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $446.68 | ↓ -36% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $460.66 | ↓ -34% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $474.48 | ↓ -32% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $517.96 | ↓ -25% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $588.01 | ↓ -15% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $591.63 | ↓ -15% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $635.23 | ↓ -8% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $665.39 | ↓ -4% |
| medicaid | medicaid ma (r) | $672.53 | ↓ -3% |
| allina aetna medicare (r) | allina aetna medicare (r) | $691.10 | ↓ -0% |
| medicare | medicare (r) | $727.47 | ↑ +5% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $740.31 | ↑ +7% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $782.77 | ↑ +13% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $806.15 | ↑ +16% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $806.15 | ↑ +16% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $811.71 | ↑ +17% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $840.26 | ↑ +21% |
| 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) | $959.70 | ↑ +38% |
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| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $992.80 | $300.45 – $1,116.90 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $1,302.40 | $394.14 – $1,465.20 |
| Sanford Wheaton | Wheaton | $1,243.20 | $376.22 – $1,398.60 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $1,175.20 | $355.64 – $1,322.10 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $1,302.40 | $498.90 – $1,465.20 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $913.60 | $434.61 – $1,008.90 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $992.80 | $300.45 – $1,116.90 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $1,176.80 | $505.29 – $1,323.90 |