CT upper extremity w/contrast (both sides) 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

$1,767.64

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.

$2,996.00

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.

$286.06 with Medica vs $2,816.24 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 $286.06 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $290.86 ↓ -84%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $290.86 ↓ -84%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $296.57 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $342.45 ↓ -81%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $342.45 ↓ -81%
United Medicare|All Plans $342.45 ↓ -81%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $342.45 ↓ -81%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $352.72 ↓ -80%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $359.57 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $359.57 ↓ -80%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $402.91 ↓ -77%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $421.92 ↓ -76%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $689.08 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $695.98 ↓ -61%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $760.24 ↓ -57%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,147.09 ↓ -35%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,147.09 ↓ -35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,147.09 ↓ -35%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,319.15 ↓ -25%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,319.15 ↓ -25%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,319.15 ↓ -25%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,319.15 ↓ -25%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,647.80 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,887.48 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,917.44 ↑ +8%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,486.68 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,486.68 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,816.24 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,816.24 ↑ +59%

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CT upper extremity w/contrast (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,805.54 $1,245.20 – $2,745.10
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,045.38 $286.06 – $2,115.65
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,180.25 $549.43 – $2,904.10
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,045.38 $286.06 – $2,115.65
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,325.26 $286.06 – $2,362.42
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $2,468.42 $637.04 – $2,855.04
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,045.38 $423.13 – $2,115.65
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,797.06 $286.06 – $2,739.78

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