Liver imaging 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

$610.65

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.

$1,035.00

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.

$238.05 with United vs $1,145.85 with AMPS — 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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $238.05 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $240.44 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|ACO $295.30 ↓ -52%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $340.93 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $357.01 ↓ -42%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $438.40 ↓ -28%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $438.40 ↓ -28%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $446.99 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $516.15 ↓ -15%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $516.15 ↓ -15%
United Medicare|All Plans $516.15 ↓ -15%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $516.15 ↓ -15%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $531.63 ↓ -13%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $541.96 ↓ -11%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $541.96 ↓ -11%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $569.25 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $652.05 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $662.40 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $859.05 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $859.05 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $972.90 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $972.90 ↑ +59%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $1,035.00 ↑ +69%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $1,035.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $1,035.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $1,035.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $1,035.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $1,035.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $1,035.00 ↑ +69%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,145.85 ↑ +88%

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CHI Health Midlands Papillion $357.42 $153.18 – $851.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $446.25 $112.46 – $594.41
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CHI Health Plainview Plainview $441.00 $320.25 – $710.96

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