Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial 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

$5,739.52

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.

$9,728.00

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.

$1,187.95 with Centene vs $8,596.30 with MultiPlan PHCS — 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

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
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $1,187.95 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $1,187.95 ↓ -79%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $1,211.25 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $1,398.64 ↓ -76%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $1,398.64 ↓ -76%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $1,398.64 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $1,398.64 ↓ -76%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $1,440.60 ↓ -75%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $1,468.57 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $1,468.57 ↓ -74%
Medica Commercial|ACO $1,488.40 ↓ -74%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,735.76 ↓ -70%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,817.65 ↓ -68%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $2,103.35 ↓ -63%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2,124.39 ↓ -63%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $3,104.98 ↓ -46%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $5,029.75 ↓ -12%
United Commercial|All Plans $5,761.35 ↑ +0%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $5,852.80 ↑ +2%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $7,590.35 ↑ +32%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $7,590.35 ↑ +32%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $8,596.30 ↑ +50%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $8,596.30 ↑ +50%

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Pet CT skull-mid thgh initial at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $3,220.98 $1,380.42 – $6,518.65
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $5,767.25 $1,453.35 – $7,681.98
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $3,220.98 $1,073.66 – $6,518.65
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $3,927.94 $1,488.40 – $7,001.98
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $7,909.90 $1,428.93 – $6,404.16
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $3,220.98 $1,303.73 – $6,518.65
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $6,171.37 $1,488.40 – $8,844.30
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $3,220.98 $1,303.73 – $6,518.65

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