Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$316.83

Cash price

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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.

$537.00

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.

$55.06 with Medica vs $399.50 with MultiPlan PHCS — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $55.06 ↓ -83%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $71.71 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $71.71 ↓ -77%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $73.11 ↓ -77%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $81.52 ↓ -74%
United Medicare|All Plans $84.43 ↓ -73%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $84.43 ↓ -73%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $84.43 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $84.43 ↓ -73%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $85.37 ↓ -73%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $86.96 ↓ -73%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $88.65 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $88.65 ↓ -72%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $97.75 ↓ -69%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $98.73 ↓ -69%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $187.43 ↓ -41%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $233.75 ↓ -26%
United Commercial|All Plans $267.75 ↓ -15%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $272.00 ↓ -14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $352.75 ↑ +11%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $352.75 ↑ +11%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $399.50 ↑ +26%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $399.50 ↑ +26%

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $303.21 $209.44 – $461.72
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $271.32 $55.06 – $368.90
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $314.50 $79.26 – $418.92
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $271.32 $55.06 – $368.90
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $241.96 $55.06 – $431.32
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $291.33 $75.19 – $336.96
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $271.32 $73.78 – $368.90
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $269.62 $55.06 – $411.06

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