Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) 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

$1,420.72

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.

$2,408.00

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.

$212.60 with Medica vs $6,795.90 with Timpte — 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 $212.60 ↓ -85%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $553.84 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $559.38 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $725.10 ↓ -49%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $725.10 ↓ -49%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $739.32 ↓ -48%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $853.70 ↓ -40%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $853.70 ↓ -40%
United Medicare|All Plans $853.70 ↓ -40%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $853.70 ↓ -40%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $879.31 ↓ -38%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $896.38 ↓ -37%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $896.38 ↓ -37%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,324.40 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,517.04 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,541.12 ↑ +8%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,895.21 ↑ +33%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,998.64 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,998.64 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $2,056.00 ↑ +45%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,263.52 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,263.52 ↑ +59%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $2,415.00 ↑ +70%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +316%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +316%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $5,909.48 ↑ +316%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +378%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +378%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +378%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $6,795.90 ↑ +378%

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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) at other Nebraska hospitals

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