Diagnostic digital breast tomosynthesis unil 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

$41.30

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.

$70.00

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.

$16.10 with United vs $253.26 with Medica — 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $16.10 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $16.27 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $38.50 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $44.10 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $44.80 ↑ +8%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $58.10 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $58.10 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $65.80 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $65.80 ↑ +59%
Medica Commercial|ACO $70.00 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $241.85 ↑ +486%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $253.26 ↑ +513%

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Diagnostic digital breast tomosynthesis unil at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $28.14 $12.06 – $67.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $261.80 $65.98 – $348.72
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $28.14 $9.38 – $67.00
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $46.48 $12.00 – $53.76
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $28.14 $11.39 – $56.95
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $53.68 $18.48 – $81.84
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $28.14 $11.39 – $67.00
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $29.00 $13.34 – $212.00

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