Sheath gldlight lasr 12fx50cm 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

$5,387.71

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.

$9,131.70

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.

$1,902.47 with United vs $7,775.31 with Midlands Choice — 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 $1,902.47 ↓ -65%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,921.50 ↓ -64%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $4,549.38 ↓ -16%
United Commercial|All Plans $5,211.11 ↓ -3%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $5,293.83 ↓ -2%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $6,617.28 ↑ +23%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $6,617.28 ↑ +23%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $6,617.28 ↑ +23%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $6,865.43 ↑ +27%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $6,865.43 ↑ +27%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $7,609.88 ↑ +41%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $7,609.88 ↑ +41%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $7,609.88 ↑ +41%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $7,609.88 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $7,775.31 ↑ +44%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $7,775.31 ↑ +44%

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Sheath gldlight lasr 12fx50cm at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $6,766.86 $137.72 – $303.61
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $3,835.32 $915.30 – $4,322.25
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $7,761.95 $1,089.21 – $5,757.24
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $3,835.32 $711.90 – $4,322.25
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $4,200.59 $1,563.30 – $5,341.28
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $7,579.32 $1,771.78 – $7,940.74
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $3,835.32 $864.45 – $4,322.25
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $5,570.34 $1,737.04 – $7,692.59

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