Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 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

$2,572.19

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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.

$4,593.20

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.

$386.14 with ucare pmap (a b c d e g n o s u r h) vs $2,759.08 with bc high value/ performance network (r) — same scan, same building. Share

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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) $386.14 ↓ -85%
medica health system medica pmap (r) $516.26 ↓ -80%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc pmap (r) $631.12 ↓ -75%
medicare other all other medicare (r) $812.06 ↓ -68%
bcbs bc medicare (r) $852.66 ↓ -67%
medica medica medicare (r) $852.66 ↓ -67%
medica health system medica dual solutions (r) $863.64 ↓ -66%
south country health alliance scha msho (r) $893.27 ↓ -65%
all other medicaid all other medicaid (r) $921.22 ↓ -64%
south country health alliance scha pmap (r) $948.85 ↓ -63%
aetna aetna elevate (n r) $1,175.89 ↓ -54%
medicaid medicaid ma (r) $1,269.94 ↓ -51%
aetna aetna performance (n r) $1,270.32 ↓ -51%
americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) americas ppo (araz)(b d n o r s v) $1,480.47 ↓ -42%
first health (a c e g h u b d n o r s) first health (abdmnosurv) $1,612.13 ↓ -37%
americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s) americas ppo (araz) (b d n h o r s v) $1,612.13 ↓ -37%
aetna direct/indirect network aetna direct/indirect network (n r) $1,623.26 ↓ -37%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc state health plan (r) $1,700.77 ↓ -34%
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) $1,919.20 ↓ -25%
bc aware/blue plus (nr) bc aware/blue plus (nr) $1,942.69 ↓ -24%
blue cross blue shield of minnesota bc premier (r) $2,184.86 ↓ -15%
bcbs bc aehp (r) $2,570.31 ↓ -0%
bc high value/ performance network (r) bc high value/ performance network (r) $2,759.08 ↑ +7%

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Trauma partial team response w/critical care services level 4 at other Minnesota hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby $2,500.80 $756.80 – $2,813.40
Sanford Westbrook Hospital Westbrook $2,565.60 $776.41 – $2,886.30
Sanford Bagley Medical Center Bagley $3,883.20 $220.31 – $819.00
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton $1,572.80 $475.97 – $1,769.40
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne $1,520.80 $460.23 – $1,710.90
Sanford Bemidji Medical Center Bemidji $3,883.20 $414.69 – $1,363.49
Sanford Worthington Medical Center Worthington $1,567.20 $759.50 – $1,763.10
Sanford Tracy Hospital Tracy $2,565.60 $776.41 – $2,886.30

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