Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in 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

$23.13

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.

$39.20

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.

$9.02 with United vs $47.09 with Medica — 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $9.02 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $9.11 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $21.56 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $24.70 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $25.09 ↑ +8%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $32.54 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $32.54 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $36.85 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $36.85 ↑ +59%
Medica Commercial|ACO $39.20 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $44.96 ↑ +94%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $47.09 ↑ +104%

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Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $48.30 $7.06 – $33.32
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $62.48 $4.95 – $26.16
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $48.30 $5.49 – $33.32
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $52.90 $9.41 – $32.15
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $32.54 $8.40 – $37.64
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $48.30 $6.67 – $33.32
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $23.92 $8.24 – $36.46
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $48.30 $6.67 – $33.32

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