Insert sq defib electrode 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

$6,987.96

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.

$11,844.00

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.

$817.13 with Medica vs $23,295.00 with Medica — 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 $817.13 ↓ -88%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $2,724.12 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2,751.37 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $6,514.20 ↓ -7%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $6,740.40 ↓ -4%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $6,740.40 ↓ -4%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $6,872.57 ↓ -2%
United Commercial|All Plans $7,461.72 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $7,580.16 ↑ +8%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $7,935.84 ↑ +14%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $7,935.84 ↑ +14%
United Medicare|All Plans $7,935.84 ↑ +14%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $7,935.84 ↑ +14%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $8,173.92 ↑ +17%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $8,332.63 ↑ +19%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $8,332.63 ↑ +19%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $9,830.52 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $9,830.52 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $11,133.36 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $11,133.36 ↑ +59%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $16,762.57 ↑ +140%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $16,762.57 ↑ +140%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $16,762.57 ↑ +140%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $17,617.56 ↑ +152%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $19,276.96 ↑ +176%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $19,276.96 ↑ +176%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $19,276.96 ↑ +176%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $19,276.96 ↑ +176%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $19,826.00 ↑ +184%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $23,295.00 ↑ +233%

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Insert sq defib electrode at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $4,831.68 $817.13 – $9,778.40
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $4,831.68 $817.13 – $9,778.40
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $3,137.20 $817.13 – $5,592.40
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $4,831.68 $1,955.68 – $9,778.40
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $4,831.68 $817.13 – $9,778.40
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $5,865.50 $817.13 – $9,384.80
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $4,831.68 $817.13 – $9,778.40
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney not published $817.13 – $817.13

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