Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus 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

$126.26

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.

$214.00

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.

$34.01 with Centene vs $214.00 with Millard Public Schools — 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
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $34.01 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $34.01 ↓ -73%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $34.67 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
United Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $35.09 ↓ -72%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $36.14 ↓ -71%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $36.84 ↓ -71%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $36.84 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $49.22 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $49.72 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|ACO $67.47 ↓ -47%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $72.15 ↓ -43%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $75.55 ↓ -40%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $77.90 ↓ -38%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $117.70 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $134.82 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $136.96 ↑ +8%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $177.62 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $177.62 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $201.16 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $201.16 ↑ +59%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $214.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $214.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $214.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $214.00 ↑ +69%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $214.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $214.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $214.00 ↑ +69%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $72.82 $46.64 – $102.82
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $89.88 $34.01 – $214.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $145.35 $35.09 – $167.58
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $89.88 $29.96 – $214.00
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $96.14 $34.01 – $171.38
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $151.89 $35.09 – $175.68
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $89.88 $34.01 – $214.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $115.90 $34.01 – $190.00

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