Tte w or without contr, cont ecg 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

$1,970.01

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.

$3,339.00

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.

$643.47 with Amerigroup vs $3,138.66 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
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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 $643.47 ↓ -67%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $643.47 ↓ -67%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $656.08 ↓ -67%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $757.59 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $757.59 ↓ -62%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $757.59 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Plans $757.59 ↓ -62%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $767.97 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $775.65 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $780.32 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $795.47 ↓ -60%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $795.47 ↓ -60%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,681.85 ↓ -15%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,836.45 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $2,103.57 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,136.96 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,771.37 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,771.37 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,138.66 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,138.66 ↑ +59%

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Tte w or without contr, cont ecg at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,318.40 $993.60 – $4,692.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,761.65 $695.94 – $3,678.52
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,318.40 $772.80 – $4,692.00
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $2,024.92 $1,056.48 – $3,609.64
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,318.40 $938.40 – $4,692.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $2,214.30 $762.30 – $3,375.90
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $2,318.40 $938.40 – $4,692.00
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $1,630.50 $750.03 – $2,608.80

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