_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout 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

$303.00

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.

$606.00

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.

$111.78 with Centene vs $606.00 with Greater Omaha Packing — 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
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $111.78 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $111.78 ↓ -63%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $113.97 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $115.36 ↓ -62%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $115.36 ↓ -62%
United Medicare|All Plans $115.36 ↓ -62%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $115.36 ↓ -62%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $115.36 ↓ -62%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $118.82 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $121.13 ↓ -60%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $139.38 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $140.78 ↓ -54%
United Commercial|All Plans $147.05 ↓ -51%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $153.67 ↓ -49%
Medica Commercial|ACO $221.95 ↓ -27%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $237.18 ↓ -22%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $248.37 ↓ -18%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $256.10 ↓ -15%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $345.42 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $375.72 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $375.72 ↑ +24%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $418.14 ↑ +38%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $484.80 ↑ +60%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $606.00 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $606.00 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $606.00 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $606.00 ↑ +100%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $606.00 ↑ +100%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $606.00 ↑ +100%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $606.00 ↑ +100%

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_afb org id by sequencing rflx ast-sendout at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $293.02 $111.78 – $522.34
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $238.39 $115.36 – $336.59
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $514.50 $111.78 – $1,041.25
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $814.30 $115.36 – $938.84
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $514.50 $111.78 – $1,041.25
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $514.50 $111.78 – $1,041.25
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $425.17 $111.78 – $697.00
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island $284.38 $110.86 – $482.00

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