Contrast x-ray of hip 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

$1,030.73

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.

$1,747.00

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.

$190.64 with Medica vs $1,642.18 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $190.64 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $251.02 ↓ -76%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $262.86 ↓ -74%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $290.86 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $290.86 ↓ -72%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $296.57 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $342.45 ↓ -67%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $342.45 ↓ -67%
United Medicare|All Plans $342.45 ↓ -67%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $342.45 ↓ -67%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $352.72 ↓ -66%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $359.57 ↓ -65%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $359.57 ↓ -65%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $401.81 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $405.83 ↓ -61%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $507.60 ↓ -51%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $507.60 ↓ -51%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $507.60 ↓ -51%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $583.73 ↓ -43%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $583.73 ↓ -43%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $583.73 ↓ -43%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $583.73 ↓ -43%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $760.24 ↓ -26%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $960.85 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,100.61 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,118.08 ↑ +8%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,450.01 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,450.01 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,642.18 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,642.18 ↑ +59%

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Contrast x-ray of hip at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $673.89 $425.48 – $937.99
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $471.24 $190.64 – $953.70
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $622.20 $156.80 – $828.78
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $471.24 $157.08 – $953.70
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $626.65 $161.73 – $724.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $471.24 $190.74 – $953.70
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $986.37 $190.64 – $1,503.81
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $471.24 $190.64 – $953.70

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