Surgical pathology level 1 gross examination only 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

$53.69

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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.

$91.00

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.

$19.95 with Amerigroup vs $85.54 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
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $19.95 ↓ -63%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $19.95 ↓ -63%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $20.34 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $20.93 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $21.14 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|ACO $22.28 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $23.48 ↓ -56%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $23.48 ↓ -56%
United Medicare|All Plans $23.48 ↓ -56%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $23.48 ↓ -56%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $24.18 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $24.65 ↓ -54%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $24.65 ↓ -54%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $30.12 ↓ -44%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $31.54 ↓ -41%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $50.05 ↓ -7%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $52.13 ↓ -3%
United Commercial|All Plans $57.33 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $58.24 ↑ +8%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $73.71 ↑ +37%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $73.71 ↑ +37%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $73.71 ↑ +37%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $75.53 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $75.53 ↑ +41%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $84.77 ↑ +58%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $84.77 ↑ +58%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $84.77 ↑ +58%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $84.77 ↑ +58%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $85.54 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $85.54 ↑ +59%

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Surgical pathology level 1 gross examination only at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $31.35 $14.65 – $48.50
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $65.52 $22.28 – $132.60
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $136.85 $34.49 – $182.29
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $65.52 $21.84 – $132.60
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $20.24 $10.56 – $36.08
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $33.20 $8.57 – $38.40
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $65.52 $26.52 – $132.60
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $73.20 $22.28 – $111.60

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