Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) 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

$543.98

Cash price

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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.

$922.00

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.

$97.97 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 $97.97 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $212.06 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $214.19 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $507.10 ↓ -7%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $564.03 ↑ +4%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $564.03 ↑ +4%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $575.09 ↑ +6%
United Commercial|All Plans $580.86 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $590.08 ↑ +8%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $664.06 ↑ +22%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $664.06 ↑ +22%
United Medicare|All Plans $664.06 ↑ +22%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $664.06 ↑ +22%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $683.98 ↑ +26%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↑ +28%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $697.26 ↑ +28%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $765.26 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $765.26 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $866.68 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $866.68 ↑ +59%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,474.21 ↑ +171%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,056.00 ↑ +278%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,415.00 ↑ +344%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +986%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +986%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +986%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +1149%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +1149%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +1149%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +1149%

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $280.56 $97.97 – $567.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $359.55 $90.61 – $478.93
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $280.56 $93.52 – $567.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $280.56 $113.56 – $567.80
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $591.09 $97.97 – $901.17
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $280.56 $97.97 – $567.80
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $469.50 $97.97 – $751.20
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $355.32 $258.03 – $572.83

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