Arthrocentesis aspir+/injection small jt/bursa with Ultrasound 20604 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

$342.79

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.

$581.00

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.

$86.63 with Medica vs $6,795.90 with Timpte — 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 $86.63 ↓ -75%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $133.63 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $134.97 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $240.42 ↓ -30%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $240.42 ↓ -30%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $245.14 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $283.06 ↓ -17%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $283.06 ↓ -17%
United Medicare|All Plans $283.06 ↓ -17%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $283.06 ↓ -17%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $291.55 ↓ -15%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $297.21 ↓ -13%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $297.21 ↓ -13%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $319.55 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $366.03 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $371.84 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $482.23 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $482.23 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $546.14 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $546.14 ↑ +59%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $628.39 ↑ +83%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +303%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +373%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +1624%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +1624%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +1624%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +1883%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +1883%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +1883%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +1883%

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Arthrocentesis aspir+/injection small jt/bursa with Ultrasound 20604 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $526.15 $289.96 – $639.23
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $280.56 $86.63 – $567.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $359.55 $90.61 – $478.93
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $280.56 $86.63 – $567.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $280.56 $113.56 – $567.80
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $371.49 $86.63 – $566.37
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $280.56 $86.63 – $567.80
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $298.00 $86.63 – $476.80

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