Ultrasound spinal canal and contents 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

$484.98

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.

$822.00

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.

$86.61 with Centene vs $772.68 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 $86.61 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $86.61 ↓ -82%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $88.31 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $101.97 ↓ -79%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $101.97 ↓ -79%
United Medicare|All Plans $101.97 ↓ -79%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $101.97 ↓ -79%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $105.03 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $107.07 ↓ -78%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $107.07 ↓ -78%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $189.06 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $190.96 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|ACO $210.82 ↓ -57%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $226.37 ↓ -53%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $297.30 ↓ -39%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $311.32 ↓ -36%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $452.10 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $517.86 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $526.08 ↑ +8%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $570.24 ↑ +18%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $570.24 ↑ +18%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $570.24 ↑ +18%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $655.77 ↑ +35%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $655.77 ↑ +35%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $655.77 ↑ +35%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $655.77 ↑ +35%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $682.26 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $682.26 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $772.68 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $772.68 ↑ +59%

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Ultrasound spinal canal and contents at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $344.73 $179.08 – $394.79
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $290.64 $124.56 – $588.20
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $1,382.95 $348.51 – $1,842.09
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $290.64 $96.88 – $588.20
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $508.79 $131.31 – $588.48
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $290.64 $117.64 – $588.20
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $511.18 $175.98 – $779.34
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $290.64 $117.64 – $588.20

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