CT colonography screening 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

$2,793.06

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.

$4,734.00

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.

$196.87 with Centene vs $4,734.00 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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 $196.87 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $196.87 ↓ -93%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $200.73 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $231.79 ↓ -92%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $231.79 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $231.79 ↓ -92%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $231.79 ↓ -92%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $238.74 ↓ -91%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $243.38 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $243.38 ↓ -91%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $514.57 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|ACO $1,071.32 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,088.82 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,099.71 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,318.06 ↓ -53%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,380.25 ↓ -51%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $2,603.70 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,982.42 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $3,029.76 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $3,929.22 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $3,929.22 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $4,449.96 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $4,449.96 ↑ +59%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $4,493.51 ↑ +61%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $4,493.51 ↑ +61%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $4,493.51 ↑ +61%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $4,734.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $4,734.00 ↑ +69%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $4,734.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $4,734.00 ↑ +69%

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CT colonography screening at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,062.18 $455.22 – $2,529.00
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,062.18 $354.06 – $2,529.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,062.18 $429.93 – $2,529.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $2,803.56 $965.16 – $4,596.00
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,062.18 $429.93 – $2,529.00
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $1,062.18 $404.64 – $2,529.00

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