Cardiac shunt imaging 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

$489.70

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.

$830.00

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.

$190.90 with United vs $855.39 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 $190.90 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $192.81 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|ACO $260.00 ↓ -47%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $327.28 ↓ -33%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $327.28 ↓ -33%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $333.69 ↓ -32%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $335.72 ↓ -31%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $351.56 ↓ -28%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $385.31 ↓ -21%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $385.31 ↓ -21%
United Medicare|All Plans $385.31 ↓ -21%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $385.31 ↓ -21%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $396.87 ↓ -19%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $404.58 ↓ -17%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $404.58 ↓ -17%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $456.50 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $522.90 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $531.20 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $688.90 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $688.90 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $780.20 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $780.20 ↑ +59%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $830.00 ↑ +69%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $830.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $830.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $830.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $830.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $830.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $830.00 ↑ +69%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $855.39 ↑ +75%

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Cardiac shunt imaging at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $344.40 $147.60 – $783.21
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $570.35 $143.73 – $759.71
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $344.40 $114.80 – $783.21
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $344.40 $139.40 – $783.21
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $344.40 $139.40 – $783.21
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $563.64 $409.31 – $908.67
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $344.40 $131.20 – $783.21

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