Autologous blood op salvage at CHI Health St. Francis
2620 West Faidley Avenue, Grand Island, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1982675955
$784.11
Cash price 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.
$1,329.00
Gross charge 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.
$254.75 with Medica vs $1,738.99 with AMPS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $254.75 | ↓ -68% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $256.98 | ↓ -67% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $269.10 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $305.67 | ↓ -61% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $308.73 | ↓ -61% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $665.34 | ↓ -15% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $665.34 | ↓ -15% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $678.38 | ↓ -13% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $730.95 | ↓ -7% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $783.33 | ↓ -0% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $783.33 | ↓ -0% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $783.33 | ↓ -0% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $783.33 | ↓ -0% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $806.83 | ↑ +3% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $822.50 | ↑ +5% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $822.50 | ↑ +5% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $837.27 | ↑ +7% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $850.56 | ↑ +8% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $1,103.07 | ↑ +41% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $1,103.07 | ↑ +41% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,249.26 | ↑ +59% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $1,249.26 | ↑ +59% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $1,738.99 | ↑ +122% |
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Autologous blood op salvage at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $643.02 | $254.75 – $1,301.35 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $643.02 | $214.34 – $1,301.35 |
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $244.72 | $16.42 – $436.24 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $643.02 | $260.27 – $1,301.35 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $643.02 | $254.75 – $1,301.35 |
| CHI Health St. Elizabeth | Lincoln | $765.50 | $13.44 – $1,224.80 |
| CHI Health Lakeside | Omaha | $643.02 | $244.96 – $1,301.35 |