Biopsy of prostate 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

$1,256.70

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.

$2,130.00

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.

$244.59 with Medica vs $7,273.35 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 $244.59 ↓ -81%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $489.90 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $494.80 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,171.50 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,341.90 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,363.20 ↑ +8%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,668.41 ↑ +33%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,668.41 ↑ +33%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,701.13 ↑ +35%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,767.90 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,767.90 ↑ +41%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,964.32 ↑ +56%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,964.32 ↑ +56%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,964.32 ↑ +56%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,964.32 ↑ +56%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,002.20 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,002.20 ↑ +59%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $2,023.25 ↑ +61%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $2,062.54 ↑ +64%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $2,062.54 ↑ +64%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,461.00 ↑ +96%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,892.00 ↑ +130%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $4,360.79 ↑ +247%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $6,324.65 ↑ +403%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $6,324.65 ↑ +403%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $6,324.65 ↑ +403%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $7,273.35 ↑ +479%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $7,273.35 ↑ +479%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $7,273.35 ↑ +479%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $7,273.35 ↑ +479%

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Biopsy of prostate at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,347.36 $244.59 – $2,726.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $787.10 $198.35 – $1,048.42
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,347.36 $244.59 – $2,726.80
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $786.01 $202.85 – $909.12
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,347.36 $545.36 – $2,726.80
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,299.30 $244.59 – $1,980.90
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,347.36 $244.59 – $2,726.80
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $1,046.00 $244.59 – $1,673.60

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