Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm 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

$348.23

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.

$590.22

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.

$2.41 with United vs $81.68 with Medica — 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 $2.41 ↓ -99%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2.44 ↓ -99%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $5.76 ↓ -98%
United Commercial|All Plans $6.60 ↓ -98%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $6.71 ↓ -98%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $8.70 ↓ -98%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $8.70 ↓ -98%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $9.85 ↓ -97%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $9.85 ↓ -97%
Medica Commercial|ACO $10.47 ↓ -97%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $10.68 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $10.68 ↓ -97%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $10.89 ↓ -97%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $78.00 ↓ -78%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $81.68 ↓ -77%

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Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $247.90 $1.89 – $10.89
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $501.69 $2.25 – $11.86
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $247.90 $1.47 – $10.89
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $271.51 $2.52 – $10.89
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $489.89 $2.25 – $10.06
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $247.90 $1.78 – $8.90
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $360.04 $2.20 – $10.89
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $247.90 $1.78 – $10.89

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