Electron microscopy diagnostic 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

$657.26

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.

$1,114.00

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.

$256.22 with United vs $1,738.99 with AMPS — 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 $256.22 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $258.79 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $612.70 ↓ -7%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $665.34 ↑ +1%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $665.34 ↑ +1%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $678.38 ↑ +3%
United Commercial|All Plans $701.82 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $712.96 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|ACO $771.79 ↑ +17%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $783.33 ↑ +19%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $783.33 ↑ +19%
United Medicare|All Plans $783.33 ↑ +19%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $783.33 ↑ +19%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $806.83 ↑ +23%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $822.50 ↑ +25%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $822.50 ↑ +25%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $901.58 ↑ +37%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $924.62 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $924.62 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $944.11 ↑ +44%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,047.16 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,047.16 ↑ +59%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,114.00 ↑ +69%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,114.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,114.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,114.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,114.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,114.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,114.00 ↑ +69%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,738.99 ↑ +165%

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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $1,011.98 $439.28 – $1,565.58
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $877.38 $376.02 – $1,775.65
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,216.35 $306.53 – $1,620.18
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $877.38 $292.46 – $1,775.65
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $877.38 $355.13 – $1,775.65
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $916.83 $315.63 – $1,503.00
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $877.38 $355.13 – $1,775.65
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $751.50 $147.92 – $1,503.00

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