Ankle X-ray at CHI Health St. Elizabeth
555 South 70th Street, Lincoln, NE · Chihealth · · NPI 1336155738
$253.00
Cash price 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.
$506.00
Gross charge 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.
$53.17 with Medica vs $323.84 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Medica | Commercial|ACO | $53.17 | ↓ -79% |
| United | Medicaid|Community Plan | $70.38 | ↓ -72% |
| Medica | Commercial|CHI Health | $70.75 | ↓ -72% |
| Centene | Medicaid|NE Total Care | $71.09 | ↓ -72% |
| Centene | Medicaid|IA Total Care | $71.71 | ↓ -72% |
| Amerigroup | Medicaid|All Plans | $71.71 | ↓ -72% |
| IAMolina | Medicaid|All Plans | $73.11 | ↓ -71% |
| Medica | Commercial|All Other Plans | $74.08 | ↓ -71% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $84.98 | ↓ -66% |
| Medica | Medicare|All Plans | $84.98 | ↓ -66% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $84.98 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS - NE | Medicare|All Plans | $84.98 | ↓ -66% |
| Great Plains | Medicare|All Plans | $84.98 | ↓ -66% |
| Centene | Medicare|All Plans | $87.53 | ↓ -65% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare|All Plans | $89.23 | ↓ -65% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Narrow Network | $119.24 | ↓ -53% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Narrow Network | $119.24 | ↓ -53% |
| One World | Commercial|Narrow Network | $119.24 | ↓ -53% |
| Greater Omaha Packing | Commercial|Broad Network | $137.13 | ↓ -46% |
| Timpte | Commercial|Broad Network | $137.13 | ↓ -46% |
| Millard Public Schools | Commercial|Broad Network | $137.13 | ↓ -46% |
| One World | Commercial|Broad Network | $137.13 | ↓ -46% |
| ELAP | Commercial|All Plans | $174.42 | ↓ -31% |
| AMPS | Commercial|All Plans | $188.66 | ↓ -25% |
| Medica | Commercial|Open Access | $189.72 | ↓ -25% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Premier | $189.72 | ↓ -25% |
| Midlands Choice | Commercial|Standard | $211.14 | ↓ -17% |
| MultiPlan PHCS | Commercial|All Plans | $244.80 | ↓ -3% |
| Creighton University Employees | Commercial|All Plans | $288.42 | ↑ +14% |
| United | Commercial|All Plans | $323.84 | ↑ +28% |
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Ankle X-ray at other Nebraska hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHI Health Nebraska Heart | Lincoln | $110.40 | $53.17 – $196.80 |
| Ogallala Community Hospital | Ogallala | $338.18 | $207.24 – $456.87 |
| CHI Health Midlands | Papillion | $229.32 | $53.17 – $464.10 |
| CHI Health Schuyler | Schuyler | $373.15 | $14.14 – $74.73 |
| CHI Health Immanuel | Omaha | $229.32 | $53.17 – $464.10 |
| CHI Health St. Mary's | Nebraska City | $234.89 | $16.28 – $72.96 |
| Lasting Hope Recovery Center | Omaha | $229.32 | $74.42 – $464.10 |
| CHI Health Good Samaritan | Kearney | $330.01 | $53.17 – $503.13 |