Version cephalic external 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

$1,772.95

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.

$3,005.00

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.

$182.68 with Medica vs $6,768.45 with AMPS — 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 $182.68 ↓ -90%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $691.15 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $698.07 ↓ -61%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $1,652.75 ↓ -7%
United Commercial|All Plans $1,893.15 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $1,923.20 ↑ +8%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,494.15 ↑ +41%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,494.15 ↑ +41%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $2,589.58 ↑ +46%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2,589.58 ↑ +46%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $2,640.35 ↑ +49%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $2,824.70 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $2,824.70 ↑ +59%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,048.85 ↑ +72%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,048.85 ↑ +72%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,048.85 ↑ +72%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,048.85 ↑ +72%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,140.32 ↑ +77%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,201.29 ↑ +81%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,201.29 ↑ +81%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $5,389.00 ↑ +204%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $6,333.00 ↑ +257%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $6,768.45 ↑ +282%

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Version cephalic external at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $543.57 $343.20 – $756.60
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $1,748.04 $182.68 – $3,537.70
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $2,034.05 $512.59 – $2,709.36
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $1,748.04 $182.68 – $3,537.70
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,638.52 $182.68 – $2,920.84
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $2,208.63 $569.99 – $2,554.56
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $1,748.04 $707.54 – $3,537.70
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $1,833.05 $182.68 – $2,794.65

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