Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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

$82.01

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.

$139.00

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.

$16.25 with Centene vs $139.00 with Millard Public Schools — 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
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $16.25 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $16.25 ↓ -80%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $16.57 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $16.77 ↓ -80%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $16.77 ↓ -80%
United Medicare|All Plans $16.77 ↓ -80%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $16.77 ↓ -80%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $17.27 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $17.61 ↓ -79%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $17.61 ↓ -79%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $31.97 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|ACO $32.15 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $32.29 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $34.48 ↓ -58%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $36.11 ↓ -56%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $37.23 ↓ -55%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $76.45 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $87.57 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $88.96 ↑ +8%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $115.37 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $115.37 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $130.66 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $130.66 ↑ +59%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $139.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $139.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $139.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $139.00 ↑ +69%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $139.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $139.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $139.00 ↑ +69%

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $31.26 $22.44 – $49.47
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $103.74 $16.25 – $191.25
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $177.65 $10.93 – $49.98
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $103.74 $16.25 – $191.25
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $40.02 $16.25 – $71.34
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $67.23 $12.00 – $53.76
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $103.74 $16.25 – $191.25
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $75.03 $16.25 – $123.00

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