Ultrasound joint/nonvascular extremity limited left 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

$198.83

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.

$337.00

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.

$58.21 with Medica vs $316.78 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
Medica Commercial|ACO $58.21 ↓ -71%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $77.51 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $78.29 ↓ -61%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $78.71 ↓ -60%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $78.71 ↓ -60%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $78.71 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $82.10 ↓ -59%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $85.97 ↓ -57%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $86.61 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $86.61 ↓ -56%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $88.31 ↓ -56%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $90.51 ↓ -54%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $90.51 ↓ -54%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $90.51 ↓ -54%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $90.51 ↓ -54%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $101.97 ↓ -49%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $101.97 ↓ -49%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $101.97 ↓ -49%
United Medicare|All Plans $101.97 ↓ -49%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $105.03 ↓ -47%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $107.07 ↓ -46%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $107.07 ↓ -46%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $185.35 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $212.31 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $215.68 ↑ +8%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $226.37 ↑ +14%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $279.71 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $279.71 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $316.78 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $316.78 ↑ +59%

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Ultrasound joint/nonvascular extremity limited left at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $496.34 $257.84 – $568.42
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $316.68 $30.04 – $640.90
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $607.75 $153.16 – $809.53
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $316.68 $30.04 – $640.90
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $330.28 $58.21 – $588.76
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $524.56 $135.38 – $606.72
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $316.68 $37.20 – $640.90
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $571.57 $58.21 – $871.41

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