Ammonia 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

$113.87

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.

$193.00

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.

$14.12 with Centene vs $181.42 with Midlands Choice — 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 $14.12 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $14.12 ↓ -88%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $14.39 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -87%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -87%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -87%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $14.57 ↓ -87%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $15.01 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -87%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $15.30 ↓ -87%
Medica Commercial|ACO $27.74 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $29.96 ↓ -74%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $31.37 ↓ -72%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $32.35 ↓ -72%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $44.39 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $44.84 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $106.15 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $121.59 ↑ +7%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $123.06 ↑ +8%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $123.06 ↑ +8%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $123.06 ↑ +8%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $123.52 ↑ +8%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $141.51 ↑ +24%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $141.51 ↑ +24%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $141.51 ↑ +24%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $141.51 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $160.19 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $160.19 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $181.42 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $181.42 ↑ +59%

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Ammonia at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $70.50 $19.36 – $42.68
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $119.70 $14.12 – $242.25
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $149.60 $14.57 – $172.48
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $119.70 $14.12 – $242.25
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $51.52 $14.12 – $91.84
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $23.24 $6.00 – $32.35
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $119.70 $14.12 – $242.25
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $99.43 $14.12 – $151.59

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