Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at CHI Health St. Francis

2620 West Faidley Avenue, Grand Island, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1982675955

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$5,602.05

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.

$9,495.00

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.

$838.13 with Medica vs $37,759.27 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $838.13 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $2,183.85 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2,205.69 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $5,222.25 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $5,981.85 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $6,076.80 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $7,880.85 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $7,880.85 ↑ +41%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $8,479.45 ↑ +51%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $8,479.45 ↑ +51%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $8,645.72 ↑ +54%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $8,925.30 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $8,925.30 ↑ +59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9,983.32 ↑ +78%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $9,983.32 ↑ +78%
United Medicare|All Plans $9,983.32 ↑ +78%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $9,983.32 ↑ +78%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $10,282.82 ↑ +84%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $10,482.49 ↑ +87%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $10,482.49 ↑ +87%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $13,584.00 ↑ +142%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $15,961.00 ↑ +185%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $22,162.97 ↑ +296%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $32,834.15 ↑ +486%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $32,834.15 ↑ +486%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $32,834.15 ↑ +486%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $37,759.27 ↑ +574%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $37,759.27 ↑ +574%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $37,759.27 ↑ +574%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $37,759.27 ↑ +574%

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Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $4,065.18 $838.13 – $8,227.15
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $5,651.65 $1,424.22 – $7,528.00
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $4,065.18 $838.13 – $8,227.15
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $4,065.18 $1,645.43 – $8,227.15
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $4,763.49 $838.13 – $7,262.37
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $4,065.18 $838.13 – $8,227.15
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $4,661.50 $838.13 – $7,458.40
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $5,585.16 $4,055.89 – $9,004.08

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