Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic 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

$8,005.12

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.

$13,568.00

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.

$939.73 with Medica vs $25,184.28 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 $939.73 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $3,120.64 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $3,151.85 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $5,818.23 ↓ -27%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $5,818.23 ↓ -27%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $5,932.32 ↓ -26%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $6,850.12 ↓ -14%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $6,850.12 ↓ -14%
United Medicare|All Plans $6,850.12 ↓ -14%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $6,850.12 ↓ -14%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $7,055.62 ↓ -12%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $7,192.63 ↓ -10%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $7,192.63 ↓ -10%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $7,462.40 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $8,547.84 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $8,683.52 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $11,261.44 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $11,261.44 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $12,753.92 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $12,753.92 ↑ +59%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $13,584.00 ↑ +70%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $15,207.27 ↑ +90%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $15,961.00 ↑ +99%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $21,899.37 ↑ +174%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $21,899.37 ↑ +174%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $21,899.37 ↑ +174%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $25,184.28 ↑ +215%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $25,184.28 ↑ +215%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $25,184.28 ↑ +215%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $25,184.28 ↑ +215%

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Augumentation percutaneous vertebral including cavity creation 1 vertebral body thoracic at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $5,525.10 $939.73 – $9,835.35
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $11,674.75 $2,674.51 – $14,136.65
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $5,525.10 $939.73 – $9,835.35
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $5,525.10 $1,967.07 – $9,835.35
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $8,276.48 $939.73 – $12,618.24
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $5,525.10 $939.73 – $9,835.35
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $6,448.50 $939.73 – $10,317.60
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $11,537.40 $7,616.46 – $16,908.55

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