Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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

$685.58

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.

$1,162.00

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.

$203.66 with Medica vs $2,673.00 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $203.66 ↓ -70%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $218.73 ↓ -68%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $220.92 ↓ -68%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $523.05 ↓ -24%
United Commercial|All Plans $599.13 ↓ -13%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $608.64 ↓ -11%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $789.33 ↑ +15%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $789.33 ↑ +15%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $893.94 ↑ +30%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $893.94 ↑ +30%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,275.00 ↑ +232%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,673.00 ↑ +290%

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $546.24 $220.88 – $486.94
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $517.86 $203.66 – $1,048.05
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $900.15 $73.26 – $335.16
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $517.86 $172.62 – $1,048.05
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $822.53 $73.26 – $328.32
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $517.86 $209.61 – $1,048.05
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $652.70 $203.66 – $960.69
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $517.86 $203.66 – $1,048.05

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