Scan duplex lower extremity arteries unilateral/limited study left at River Falls Area Hospital
1617 E Division St, River Falls, MN · Allinahealth · · NPI 1285691725
$785.34
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.
$1,402.40
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.
$99.61 with medicaid vs $1,278.30 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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| medicaid | medicaid ma (r) | $99.61 | ↓ -87% |
| allina aetna medicare (r) | allina aetna medicare (r) | $102.36 | ↓ -87% |
| medicare | medicare (r) | $107.75 | ↓ -86% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc pmap (r) | $220.72 | ↓ -72% |
| ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) | ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) | $257.19 | ↓ -67% |
| medica health system | medica pmap (r) | $343.86 | ↓ -56% |
| medicare other | all other medicare (r) | $540.88 | ↓ -31% |
| medica | medica medicare (r) | $567.92 | ↓ -28% |
| bcbs | bc medicare (r) | $567.92 | ↓ -28% |
| medica health system | medica dual solutions (r) | $575.24 | ↓ -27% |
| south country health alliance | scha msho (r) | $594.97 | ↓ -24% |
| all other medicaid | all other medicaid (r) | $613.58 | ↓ -22% |
| south country health alliance | scha pmap (r) | $631.99 | ↓ -20% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc state health plan (r) | $673.40 | ↓ -14% |
| bc aware/blue plus (nr) | bc aware/blue plus (nr) | $769.27 | ↓ -2% |
| aetna | aetna elevate (n r) | $783.21 | ↓ -0% |
| aetna | aetna performance (n r) | $846.11 | ↑ +8% |
| blue cross blue shield of minnesota | bc premier (r) | $865.19 | ↑ +10% |
| americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) | $986.08 | ↑ +26% |
| bcbs | bc aehp (r) | $1,017.80 | ↑ +30% |
| americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) | americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) | $1,073.77 | ↑ +37% |
| first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) | first health (abdmnosurv) | $1,073.77 | ↑ +37% |
| aetna direct/indirect network | aetna direct/indirect network (n r) | $1,081.19 | ↑ +38% |
| bc high value/ performance network (r) | bc high value/ performance network (r) | $1,092.56 | ↑ +39% |
| 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) | $1,278.30 | ↑ +63% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Sanford Canby Medical Center | Canby | $1,088.00 | $111.66 – $1,224.00 |
| Sanford Westbrook Hospital | Westbrook | $918.40 | $111.66 – $1,033.20 |
| Sanford Bagley Medical Center | Bagley | $676.80 | $111.66 – $761.40 |
| Sanford Luverne Medical Center | Luverne | $888.80 | $111.66 – $999.90 |
| Sanford Bemidji Medical Center | Bemidji | $676.80 | $79.32 – $622.80 |
| Sanford Worthington Medical Center | Worthington | $1,098.40 | $81.04 – $1,235.70 |
| Sanford Tracy Hospital | Tracy | $918.40 | $111.66 – $1,033.20 |
| Sanford Thief River Falls Medical Center | Thief River Falls | $640.80 | $111.66 – $720.90 |