Application short leg cast 29405 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

$279.66

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.

$474.00

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.

$109.02 with United 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $109.02 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $110.12 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|ACO $110.69 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $216.30 ↓ -23%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $216.30 ↓ -23%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $220.54 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $254.66 ↓ -9%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $254.66 ↓ -9%
United Medicare|All Plans $254.66 ↓ -9%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $254.66 ↓ -9%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $260.70 ↓ -7%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $262.30 ↓ -6%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $267.39 ↓ -4%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $267.39 ↓ -4%
United Commercial|All Plans $298.62 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $303.36 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $393.42 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $393.42 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $445.56 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $445.56 ↑ +59%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $565.35 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +394%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +480%

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