Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed 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

$2,077.39

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.

$3,521.00

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.

$160.65 with Medica vs $6,795.90 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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 $160.65 ↓ -92%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $809.83 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $817.93 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,936.55 ↓ -7%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,056.00 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,218.23 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,253.44 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,415.00 ↑ +16%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $2,563.49 ↑ +23%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2,563.49 ↑ +23%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $2,613.76 ↑ +26%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,922.43 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,922.43 ↑ +41%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,018.14 ↑ +45%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,018.14 ↑ +45%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,018.14 ↑ +45%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,018.14 ↑ +45%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,108.68 ↑ +50%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,169.05 ↑ +53%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,169.05 ↑ +53%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,309.74 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,309.74 ↑ +59%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +184%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +184%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +184%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $6,700.27 ↑ +223%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +227%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +227%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +227%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +227%

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Ghs central line insert < age 5, failed at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $210.68 $170.72 – $376.36
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,102.52 $108.90 – $2,052.46
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,830.05 $117.39 – $537.04
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,102.52 $84.70 – $2,052.46
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $920.92 $160.65 – $1,641.64
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $1,986.19 $117.39 – $526.08
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,102.52 $102.85 – $514.25
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $2,147.81 $160.65 – $3,274.53

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