Bundled special stain group 2 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

$151.04

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.

$256.00

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.

$58.88 with United vs $274.39 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.

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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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $58.88 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $59.47 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $104.99 ↓ -30%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $104.99 ↓ -30%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $107.05 ↓ -29%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $123.60 ↓ -18%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $123.60 ↓ -18%
United Medicare|All Plans $123.60 ↓ -18%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $123.60 ↓ -18%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $127.31 ↓ -16%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $129.78 ↓ -14%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $129.78 ↓ -14%
Medica Commercial|ACO $134.53 ↓ -11%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $140.80 ↓ -7%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $155.76 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|All Plans $161.28 ↑ +7%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $163.11 ↑ +8%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $163.84 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $212.48 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $212.48 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $240.64 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $240.64 ↑ +59%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $256.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $256.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $256.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $256.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $256.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $256.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $256.00 ↑ +69%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $274.39 ↑ +82%

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $162.39 $73.22 – $251.23
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $154.14 $66.06 – $311.95
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $206.55 $52.06 – $275.13
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $154.14 $51.38 – $311.95
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $38.18 $18.79 – $68.06
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $56.44 $14.57 – $65.28
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $154.14 $62.39 – $311.95
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $76.86 $26.46 – $126.00

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