Pt evaluation moderate complexity patient/family 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

$107.97

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.

$183.00

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.

$42.09 with United vs $198.36 with Medica — 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 $42.09 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $42.52 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $74.80 ↓ -31%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $74.80 ↓ -31%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $76.26 ↓ -29%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $100.65 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $115.29 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $117.12 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $151.89 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $151.89 ↑ +41%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $161.46 ↑ +50%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $161.46 ↑ +50%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $161.46 ↑ +50%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $172.02 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $172.02 ↑ +59%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $176.57 ↑ +64%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $183.00 ↑ +69%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $183.00 ↑ +69%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $183.00 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|ACO $183.00 ↑ +69%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $183.00 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $198.36 ↑ +84%

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Pt evaluation moderate complexity patient/family at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $157.75 $110.88 – $244.44
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $107.10 $45.90 – $216.75
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $180.20 $18.85 – $99.64
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $107.10 $35.70 – $216.75
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $87.86 $45.84 – $156.62
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $171.81 $44.34 – $198.72
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $107.10 $43.35 – $216.75
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $200.08 $68.88 – $305.04

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