Application of forearm cast 29075 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

$305.62

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.

$518.00

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.

$117.24 with Medica vs $1,621.00 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $117.24 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $119.14 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $120.34 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $216.30 ↓ -29%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $216.30 ↓ -29%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $220.54 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $254.66 ↓ -17%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $254.66 ↓ -17%
United Medicare|All Plans $254.66 ↓ -17%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $254.66 ↓ -17%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $262.30 ↓ -14%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $267.39 ↓ -13%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $267.39 ↓ -13%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $284.90 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $326.34 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $331.52 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $429.94 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $429.94 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $486.92 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $486.92 ↑ +59%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $565.35 ↑ +85%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +352%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +430%

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Application of forearm cast 29075 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $103.71 $56.32 – $124.16
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $163.80 $70.20 – $331.50
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $201.45 $15.64 – $82.66
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $163.80 $54.60 – $331.50
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $196.71 $48.63 – $217.92
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CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $315.98 $108.78 – $481.74
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