Sheath gldlight lasr 12fx50cm 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

$5,302.92

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.

$9,469.50

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.

$1,651.95 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $8,210.50 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
ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) $1,651.95 ↓ -69%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $2,208.62 ↓ -58%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $2,262.81 ↓ -57%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $2,708.64 ↓ -49%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $2,863.00 ↓ -46%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $3,186.50 ↓ -40%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $3,256.48 ↓ -39%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $3,420.49 ↓ -35%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $3,474.03 ↓ -34%
medica medica medicare (r) $3,647.73 ↓ -31%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $3,647.73 ↓ -31%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $3,694.72 ↓ -30%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $3,821.43 ↓ -28%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $3,941.04 ↓ -26%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $4,059.27 ↓ -23%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $5,030.57 ↓ -5%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $5,434.53 ↑ +2%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $6,333.58 ↑ +19%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $6,896.82 ↑ +30%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $6,896.82 ↑ +30%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $6,944.44 ↑ +31%
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) $8,210.50 ↑ +55%

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Sheath gldlight lasr 12fx50cm at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings $4,545.36 not published
Owatonna Hospital Owatonna $5,302.92 $1,910.70 – $6,058.51
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407 $4,545.36 not published
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New Ulm Medical Center MN 56073 $5,054.11 $2,799.45 – $5,772.12
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley $4,545.36 not published
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo $5,302.92 $1,910.70 – $6,058.51
Cambridge Medical Center Cambridge $5,302.92 $1,910.70 – $6,058.51

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