Ventilator each subsequent day 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

$884.41

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.

$1,499.00

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.

$110.02 with Medica vs $1,409.06 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|All Other Plans $110.02 ↓ -88%
Medica Commercial|ACO $123.00 ↓ -86%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $123.59 ↓ -86%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $344.77 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $348.22 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $538.44 ↓ -39%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $538.44 ↓ -39%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $549.00 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $633.93 ↓ -28%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $633.93 ↓ -28%
United Medicare|All Plans $633.93 ↓ -28%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $633.93 ↓ -28%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $652.95 ↓ -26%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $665.63 ↓ -25%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $665.63 ↓ -25%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $824.45 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $944.37 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $959.36 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $1,244.17 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $1,244.17 ↑ +41%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $1,407.32 ↑ +59%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $1,409.06 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $1,409.06 ↑ +59%

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Ventilator each subsequent day at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $555.81 $432.08 – $952.54
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $401.10 $110.02 – $625.60
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $575.45 $145.02 – $766.50
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $401.10 $103.04 – $625.60
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $582.82 $110.02 – $1,038.94
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $854.90 $220.63 – $988.80
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $401.10 $125.12 – $625.60
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $914.39 $110.02 – $1,394.07

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