X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 3 views 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

$197.06

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.

$334.00

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 $313.96 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 ↓ -70%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $71.71 ↓ -64%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $71.71 ↓ -64%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $73.11 ↓ -63%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $76.82 ↓ -61%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $77.59 ↓ -61%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $79.32 ↓ -60%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $83.06 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $84.43 ↓ -57%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $84.43 ↓ -57%
United Medicare|All Plans $84.43 ↓ -57%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $84.43 ↓ -57%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $86.96 ↓ -56%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $88.65 ↓ -55%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $88.65 ↓ -55%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $169.02 ↓ -14%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $169.02 ↓ -14%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $169.02 ↓ -14%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $183.70 ↓ -7%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $187.43 ↓ -5%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $194.37 ↓ -1%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $194.37 ↓ -1%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $194.37 ↓ -1%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $194.37 ↓ -1%
United Commercial|All Plans $210.42 ↑ +7%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $213.76 ↑ +8%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $277.22 ↑ +41%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $277.22 ↑ +41%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $313.96 ↑ +59%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $313.96 ↑ +59%

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X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 3 views at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $264.22 $161.92 – $356.96
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $84.00 $36.00 – $170.00
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $249.05 $62.77 – $331.74
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $84.00 $28.00 – $170.00
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $84.00 $34.00 – $170.00
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $220.21 $58.21 – $335.73
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $84.00 $34.00 – $170.00
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln $175.50 $58.21 – $280.80

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