Dexa bone density study >=1 sites appendicular skeleton (peripheral) 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

$227.15

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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.

$385.00

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.

$41.83 with Medica vs $244.16 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 $41.83 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $59.75 ↓ -74%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $60.12 ↓ -74%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $60.34 ↓ -73%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $62.95 ↓ -72%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $71.71 ↓ -68%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $71.71 ↓ -68%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $73.11 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $84.43 ↓ -63%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $84.43 ↓ -63%
United Medicare|All Plans $84.43 ↓ -63%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $84.43 ↓ -63%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $86.96 ↓ -62%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $88.65 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $88.65 ↓ -61%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $118.91 ↓ -48%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $118.91 ↓ -48%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $118.91 ↓ -48%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $136.74 ↓ -40%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $136.74 ↓ -40%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $136.74 ↓ -40%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $136.74 ↓ -40%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $142.86 ↓ -37%
United Commercial|All Plans $163.64 ↓ -28%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $166.24 ↓ -27%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $187.43 ↓ -17%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $215.59 ↓ -5%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $215.59 ↓ -5%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $244.16 ↑ +7%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $244.16 ↑ +7%

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Dexa bone density study >=1 sites appendicular skeleton (peripheral) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $57.96 $24.84 – $117.30
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $255.00 $64.26 – $339.66
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $57.96 $19.32 – $117.30
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $238.21 $61.48 – $275.52
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $57.96 $23.46 – $117.30
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $246.44 $41.83 – $251.10
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $57.96 $23.46 – $117.30
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $252.00 $183.00 – $406.26

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