CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast 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

$2,053.79

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.

$3,481.00

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.

$144.98 with Centene vs $3,272.14 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 $144.98 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $144.98 ↓ -93%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $147.83 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $170.70 ↓ -92%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $170.70 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $170.70 ↓ -92%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $170.70 ↓ -92%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $175.82 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $179.24 ↓ -91%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $179.24 ↓ -91%
Medica Commercial|ACO $249.48 ↓ -88%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $360.75 ↓ -82%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $377.77 ↓ -82%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $378.95 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $800.63 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $808.64 ↓ -61%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,443.01 ↓ -30%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,443.01 ↓ -30%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,443.01 ↓ -30%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,659.45 ↓ -19%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,659.45 ↓ -19%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,659.45 ↓ -19%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,659.45 ↓ -19%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,914.55 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,193.03 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,227.84 ↑ +8%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,889.23 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,889.23 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,272.14 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,272.14 ↑ +59%

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,870.88 $1,345.08 – $2,965.29
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,152.48 $249.48 – $2,332.40
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,536.40 $639.18 – $3,378.49
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,152.48 $249.48 – $2,332.40
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $2,402.02 $619.90 – $2,778.24
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,152.48 $466.48 – $2,332.40
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $2,067.90 $249.48 – $3,152.70
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,152.48 $249.48 – $2,332.40

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