Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (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

$1,227.20

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.

$2,080.00

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.

$368.03 with Medica vs $6,795.90 with Millard Public Schools — 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 $368.03 ↓ -70%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $478.40 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $483.19 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,144.00 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,310.40 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,331.20 ↑ +8%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,590.45 ↑ +30%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,590.45 ↑ +30%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,621.63 ↑ +32%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,726.40 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,726.40 ↑ +41%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,872.51 ↑ +53%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,872.51 ↑ +53%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,872.51 ↑ +53%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,872.51 ↑ +53%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,928.69 ↑ +57%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,955.20 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,955.20 ↑ +59%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,966.14 ↑ +60%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,966.14 ↑ +60%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $4,156.97 ↑ +239%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $5,389.00 ↑ +339%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +382%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +382%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +382%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $6,333.00 ↑ +416%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +454%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +454%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +454%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +454%

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Destruction by neurolytic agent w/imaging guidance lumbar/sacral (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,943.40 $445.28 – $1,071.40
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,509.48 $368.03 – $3,054.90
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,358.75 $594.41 – $3,141.86
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,509.48 $368.03 – $3,054.90
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $3,993.13 $1,030.52 – $4,618.56
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,509.48 $610.98 – $3,054.90
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,268.80 $368.03 – $1,934.40
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,509.48 $368.03 – $3,054.90

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