Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) 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

$4,661.50

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.

$9,323.00

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.

$838.13 with Medica vs $22,307.18 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 $838.13 ↓ -82%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $2,144.29 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $2,165.74 ↓ -54%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $5,314.11 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $5,780.26 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $5,780.26 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $6,432.87 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $7,458.40 ↑ +60%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $8,158.00 ↑ +75%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $8,479.45 ↑ +82%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $8,479.45 ↑ +82%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $8,645.72 ↑ +85%
United Commercial|All Plans $9,696.00 ↑ +108%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $10,048.28 ↑ +116%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $10,048.28 ↑ +116%
United Medicare|All Plans $10,048.28 ↑ +116%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $10,048.28 ↑ +116%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $10,048.28 ↑ +116%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $10,349.73 ↑ +122%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $10,550.69 ↑ +126%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $13,584.00 ↑ +191%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $15,961.00 ↑ +242%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $16,365.66 ↑ +251%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $16,365.66 ↑ +251%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $16,365.66 ↑ +251%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $18,820.51 ↑ +304%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $18,820.51 ↑ +304%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $18,820.51 ↑ +304%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $18,820.51 ↑ +304%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $22,307.18 ↑ +379%

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Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $838.13 – $838.13
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $4,065.18 $838.13 – $8,227.15
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $5,651.65 $1,424.22 – $7,528.00
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $4,065.18 $838.13 – $8,227.15
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $4,065.18 $1,645.43 – $8,227.15
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $4,763.49 $838.13 – $7,262.37
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $5,602.05 $838.13 – $8,925.30
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $4,065.18 $838.13 – $8,227.15

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