Screening Mammogram 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

$342.55

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.

$611.70

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.

$75.68 with blue cross blue shield of minnesota vs $382.30 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.

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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
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $75.68 ↓ -78%
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $76.92 ↓ -78%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $85.40 ↓ -75%
allina aetna medicare (r) allina aetna medicare (r) $87.12 ↓ -75%
medica medica medicare (r) $89.67 ↓ -74%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $89.67 ↓ -74%
medicare medicare (r) $91.71 ↓ -73%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $93.94 ↓ -73%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $102.84 ↓ -70%
medicaid medicaid ma (r) $103.32 ↓ -70%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $172.03 ↓ -50%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $183.50 ↓ -46%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $189.01 ↓ -45%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $222.16 ↓ -35%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $234.24 ↓ -32%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $253.04 ↓ -26%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $253.76 ↓ -26%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $285.33 ↓ -17%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $294.91 ↓ -14%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $321.13 ↓ -6%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $321.13 ↓ -6%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $323.35 ↓ -6%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $335.65 ↓ -2%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $360.30 ↑ +5%
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) $382.30 ↑ +12%

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Screening Mammogram at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $480.80 $165.00 – $482.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $448.80 $165.00 – $474.30
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $487.20 $165.00 – $548.10
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $452.80 $165.00 – $509.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $486.40 $165.00 – $511.20
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $487.20 $119.57 – $548.10
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $482.40 $119.57 – $542.70
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $448.80 $165.00 – $474.30

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