Percut ablate liver rf 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

$3,648.56

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.

$6,184.00

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.

$1,375.16 with Medica vs $22,021.17 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 $1,375.16 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,422.32 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,436.55 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $3,401.20 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $3,895.92 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $3,957.76 ↑ +8%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $4,751.81 ↑ +30%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $4,751.81 ↑ +30%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $4,844.99 ↑ +33%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $5,132.72 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $5,132.72 ↑ +41%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $5,594.57 ↑ +53%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $5,594.57 ↑ +53%
United Medicare|All Plans $5,594.57 ↑ +53%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $5,594.57 ↑ +53%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $5,762.41 ↑ +58%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $5,812.96 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $5,812.96 ↑ +59%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $5,874.30 ↑ +61%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $5,874.30 ↑ +61%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $12,419.95 ↑ +240%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $13,584.00 ↑ +272%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $15,961.00 ↑ +337%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $19,148.84 ↑ +425%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $19,148.84 ↑ +425%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $19,148.84 ↑ +425%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $22,021.17 ↑ +504%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $22,021.17 ↑ +504%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $22,021.17 ↑ +504%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $22,021.17 ↑ +504%

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Percut ablate liver rf at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,819.46 $1,208.34 – $5,706.05
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,819.46 $939.82 – $5,706.05
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,819.46 $1,141.21 – $5,706.05
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $3,772.24 $1,298.64 – $5,751.12
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $2,819.46 $1,141.21 – $5,706.05
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $3,035.50 $1,375.16 – $4,856.80
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha $2,819.46 $1,074.08 – $5,706.05
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $1,375.16 – $1,375.16

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