Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$109.15

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.

$185.00

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.

$18.37 with Centene vs $185.00 with Millard Public Schools — 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
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $18.37 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $18.37 ↓ -83%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $18.73 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $18.96 ↓ -83%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $18.96 ↓ -83%
United Medicare|All Plans $18.96 ↓ -83%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $18.96 ↓ -83%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $19.53 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $19.91 ↓ -82%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $19.91 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|ACO $36.58 ↓ -66%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $38.98 ↓ -64%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $40.82 ↓ -63%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $42.09 ↓ -61%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $42.55 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $42.98 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $101.75 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $116.55 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $118.40 ↑ +8%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $153.55 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $153.55 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $173.90 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $173.90 ↑ +59%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $185.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $185.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $185.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $185.00 ↑ +69%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $185.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $185.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $185.00 ↑ +69%

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Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $201.68 $25.08 – $55.29
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $99.96 $18.37 – $202.30
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $204.00 $12.43 – $56.84
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $99.96 $18.37 – $202.30
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $79.58 $18.37 – $141.86
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $52.29 $12.64 – $56.64
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $99.96 $18.37 – $202.30
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $112.85 $18.37 – $185.00

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