Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for injection 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

$2.71

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$4.59

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.

$0.55 with United vs $4.72 with Medica — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $0.55 ↓ -80%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $0.56 ↓ -79%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1.31 ↓ -52%
United Commercial|All Plans $1.50 ↓ -45%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1.52 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1.97 ↓ -27%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1.97 ↓ -27%
BCBS - NE Commercial|BluePrint $2.13 ↓ -21%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2.23 ↓ -18%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2.23 ↓ -18%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $2.37 ↓ -13%
Medica Commercial|ACO $2.37 ↓ -13%
BCBS - NE Commercial|All Other Plans $2.37 ↓ -13%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $2.37 ↓ -13%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $2.37 ↓ -13%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $2.37 ↓ -13%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $2.37 ↓ -13%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $2.37 ↓ -13%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $2.37 ↓ -13%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $4.50 ↑ +66%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $4.72 ↑ +74%

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Methotrexate sodium (pf) 1 gram solution for injection at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $63.93 $4.50 – $84.58
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $129.37 $21.32 – $112.66
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $63.93 $4.50 – $84.58
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $63.93 $5.56 – $84.58
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $63.93 $4.50 – $84.58
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $127.85 $60.70 – $134.75
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $63.93 $4.50 – $84.58

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