Exchange drainage catheter 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

$1,219.53

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.

$2,067.00

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.

$131.48 with Medica vs $6,795.90 with One World — 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 $131.48 ↓ -89%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $475.41 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $480.17 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,136.85 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,302.21 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,322.88 ↑ +8%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,545.01 ↑ +27%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,545.01 ↑ +27%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,575.31 ↑ +29%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,715.61 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,715.61 ↑ +41%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,819.02 ↑ +49%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,819.02 ↑ +49%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,819.02 ↑ +49%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,819.02 ↑ +49%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,873.59 ↑ +54%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,909.97 ↑ +57%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,909.97 ↑ +57%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,942.98 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,942.98 ↑ +59%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,461.00 ↑ +102%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,892.00 ↑ +137%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $4,038.22 ↑ +231%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +385%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +385%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +385%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +457%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +457%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +457%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +457%

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Exchange drainage catheter at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,231.86 $131.48 – $2,060.40
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,231.86 $131.48 – $2,060.40
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,231.86 $412.08 – $2,060.40
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,387.75 $131.48 – $2,076.69
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $1,231.86 $131.48 – $2,060.40
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $1,033.50 $131.48 – $1,553.60
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $1,231.86 $131.48 – $2,060.40
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $131.48 – $131.48

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