Cholesterol 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

$40.71

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.

$69.00

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.

$4.21 with Centene vs $64.86 with Midlands Choice — 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 $4.21 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $4.21 ↓ -90%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $4.30 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -89%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -89%
United Medicare|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -89%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $4.35 ↓ -89%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $4.48 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -89%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $4.57 ↓ -89%
Medica Commercial|ACO $8.19 ↓ -80%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $8.94 ↓ -78%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $9.37 ↓ -77%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $9.66 ↓ -76%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $15.87 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $16.03 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $37.95 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $43.47 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $44.16 ↑ +8%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $45.50 ↑ +12%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $45.50 ↑ +12%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $45.50 ↑ +12%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $52.33 ↑ +29%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $52.33 ↑ +29%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $52.33 ↑ +29%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $52.33 ↑ +29%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $57.27 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $57.27 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $64.86 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $64.86 ↑ +59%

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Cholesterol at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $33.71 $24.20 – $53.35
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $43.26 $4.21 – $87.55
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $93.50 $3.00 – $13.72
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $43.26 $4.21 – $87.55
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $17.94 $4.21 – $31.98
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $22.41 $3.22 – $14.40
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $43.26 $4.21 – $87.55
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $45.14 $4.21 – $68.82

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