Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa 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

$185.26

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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.

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$314.00

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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.

$72.22 with United vs $295.16 with MultiPlan PHCS — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
United Medicaid|Community Plan $72.22 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $72.95 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $86.61 ↓ -53%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $86.61 ↓ -53%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $88.31 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $101.97 ↓ -45%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $101.97 ↓ -45%
United Medicare|All Plans $101.97 ↓ -45%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $101.97 ↓ -45%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $105.03 ↓ -43%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $107.07 ↓ -42%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $107.07 ↓ -42%
Medica Commercial|ACO $152.80 ↓ -18%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $172.70 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $197.82 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $200.96 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $205.27 ↑ +11%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $214.96 ↑ +16%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $226.37 ↑ +22%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $260.62 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $260.62 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $295.16 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $295.16 ↑ +59%

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Ultrasound abdomen aorta screening study aaa at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $325.25 $168.96 – $372.48
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $199.50 $85.50 – $403.75
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $199.75 $50.34 – $266.07
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $199.50 $66.50 – $403.75
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $250.70 $130.80 – $446.90
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $448.20 $115.67 – $518.40
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $199.50 $80.75 – $403.75
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $187.88 $64.68 – $286.44

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