88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at CHI Health St. Elizabeth

555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$50.50

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.

$101.00

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.

$15.37 with United vs $115.40 with Medica — 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
United Commercial|All Plans $15.37 ↓ -70%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $23.23 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $23.47 ↓ -54%
Medica Commercial|ACO $36.58 ↓ -28%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $57.57 ↑ +14%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $57.57 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $62.62 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $62.62 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $69.69 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $80.80 ↑ +60%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $101.00 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $101.00 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $101.00 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $101.00 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $101.00 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $101.00 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $101.00 ↑ +100%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $110.20 ↑ +118%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $115.40 ↑ +129%

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $36.72 $28.60 – $63.05
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $94.50 $36.58 – $191.25
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $153.00 $38.56 – $203.80
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $94.50 $31.50 – $191.25
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $94.50 $38.25 – $191.25
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $61.61 $21.21 – $101.00
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $94.50 $36.58 – $191.25
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $151.20 $109.80 – $243.76

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