Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at CHI Health St. Francis
2620 West Faidley Avenue, Grand Island, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1982675955
$215.35
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.
$365.00
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.
$31.97 with Centene vs $343.10 with MultiPlan PHCS — 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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| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $31.97 | ↓ -85% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $31.97 | ↓ -85% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $32.59 | ↓ -85% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $37.64 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $37.64 | ↓ -83% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $37.64 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $37.64 | ↓ -83% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $38.77 | ↓ -82% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $39.52 | ↓ -82% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $39.52 | ↓ -82% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $40.63 | ↓ -81% |
| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $44.98 | ↓ -79% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $83.56 | ↓ -61% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $83.95 | ↓ -61% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $84.79 | ↓ -61% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $99.08 | ↓ -54% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $200.75 | ↓ -7% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $229.95 | ↑ +7% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $233.60 | ↑ +8% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $302.95 | ↑ +41% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $302.95 | ↑ +41% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $343.10 | ↑ +59% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $343.10 | ↑ +59% |
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Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $137.76 | $40.63 – $278.80 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $296.65 | $74.76 – $395.14 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $137.76 | $40.63 – $278.80 |
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $82.80 | $40.63 – $147.60 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $360.22 | $92.97 – $416.64 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $137.76 | $55.76 – $278.80 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $220.21 | $40.63 – $335.73 |
| CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy | Omaha | $137.76 | $40.63 – $278.80 |