Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$104.50

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.

$209.00

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.

$22.38 with United vs $367.17 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
United Commercial|All Plans $22.38 ↓ -79%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $23.39 ↓ -78%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $48.07 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $48.56 ↓ -54%
Medica Commercial|ACO $57.37 ↓ -45%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $57.88 ↓ -45%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $60.61 ↓ -42%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $119.13 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $129.58 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $129.58 ↑ +24%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $139.57 ↑ +34%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $139.57 ↑ +34%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $142.30 ↑ +36%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $144.21 ↑ +38%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↑ +58%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↑ +58%
United Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↑ +58%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↑ +58%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $165.39 ↑ +58%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $167.20 ↑ +60%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $170.35 ↑ +63%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $173.66 ↑ +66%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $367.17 ↑ +251%

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Antibody elution rbc reference at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $105.80 $27.36 – $188.60
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $264.19 $151.36 – $333.68
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $137.34 $57.37 – $277.95
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $129.20 $16.50 – $87.18
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $137.34 $45.78 – $277.95
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $127.82 $14.78 – $66.24
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $137.34 $55.59 – $277.95
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $172.02 $39.69 – $175.77

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