Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) 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

$145.14

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.

$246.00

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.

$14.32 with Centene vs $231.24 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
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $14.32 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $14.32 ↓ -90%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $14.60 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $14.78 ↓ -90%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $14.78 ↓ -90%
United Medicare|All Plans $14.78 ↓ -90%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $14.78 ↓ -90%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $15.22 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $15.52 ↓ -89%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $15.52 ↓ -89%
Medica Commercial|ACO $28.37 ↓ -80%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $30.39 ↓ -79%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $31.82 ↓ -78%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $32.81 ↓ -77%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $56.58 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $57.15 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $135.30 ↓ -7%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $154.65 ↑ +7%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $154.65 ↑ +7%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $154.65 ↑ +7%
United Commercial|All Plans $154.98 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $157.44 ↑ +8%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $177.84 ↑ +23%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $177.84 ↑ +23%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $177.84 ↑ +23%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $177.84 ↑ +23%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $204.18 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $204.18 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $231.24 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $231.24 ↑ +59%

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Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $27.59 $19.80 – $43.65
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $36.12 $14.32 – $86.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $57.80 $14.57 – $66.64
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $36.12 $12.04 – $86.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $36.12 $14.32 – $86.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $136.03 $14.32 – $207.39
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $36.12 $14.32 – $86.00
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $111.50 $14.32 – $178.40

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