Culture anaerobic except blood 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

$116.82

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.

$198.00

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.

$9.18 with Centene vs $186.12 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 $9.18 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $9.18 ↓ -92%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $9.36 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
United Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $9.47 ↓ -92%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $9.75 ↓ -92%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $9.94 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $9.94 ↓ -91%
Medica Commercial|ACO $18.29 ↓ -84%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $19.47 ↓ -83%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $20.39 ↓ -83%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $21.02 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $45.54 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $46.00 ↓ -61%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $99.00 ↓ -15%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $99.00 ↓ -15%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $99.00 ↓ -15%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $108.90 ↓ -7%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $113.85 ↓ -3%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $113.85 ↓ -3%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $113.85 ↓ -3%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $113.85 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|All Plans $124.74 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $126.72 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $164.34 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $164.34 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $186.12 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $186.12 ↑ +59%

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Culture anaerobic except blood at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $19.92 $12.76 – $28.13
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $186.48 $9.18 – $377.40
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $209.10 $6.22 – $28.42
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $186.48 $9.18 – $377.40
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $40.48 $9.18 – $72.16
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $113.71 $6.65 – $29.76
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $186.48 $9.18 – $377.40
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $120.78 $9.18 – $184.14

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