Microsatellite instability 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

$411.82

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.

$698.00

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.

$160.54 with United vs $773.80 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 $160.54 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $162.15 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $337.75 ↓ -18%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $337.75 ↓ -18%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $344.38 ↓ -16%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $348.56 ↓ -15%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $348.56 ↓ -15%
United Medicare|All Plans $348.56 ↓ -15%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $348.56 ↓ -15%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $359.02 ↓ -13%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $365.99 ↓ -11%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $365.99 ↓ -11%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $383.90 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $439.74 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $446.72 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $579.34 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $579.34 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $656.12 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $656.12 ↑ +59%
Medica Commercial|ACO $670.91 ↑ +63%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $698.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $698.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $698.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $698.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $698.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $698.00 ↑ +69%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $698.00 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $716.64 ↑ +74%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $750.45 ↑ +82%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $773.80 ↑ +88%

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Microsatellite instability at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $770.90 $460.24 – $1,014.62
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $771.54 $330.66 – $1,837.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,213.80 $305.88 – $1,399.44
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $771.54 $257.18 – $1,837.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $771.54 $312.29 – $1,837.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $578.89 $199.29 – $949.00
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $771.54 $312.29 – $1,837.00
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $565.00 $259.90 – $1,130.00

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