App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm 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

$2,198.00

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.

$4,396.00

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.

$358.72 with Medica vs $8,816.00 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.

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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 $358.72 ↓ -84%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $1,011.08 ↓ -54%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $1,021.20 ↓ -54%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $2,505.72 ↑ +14%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $2,725.52 ↑ +24%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $2,725.52 ↑ +24%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $2,981.68 ↑ +36%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $2,981.68 ↑ +36%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $3,033.24 ↑ +38%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $3,040.15 ↑ +38%
One World Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +40%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +40%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Narrow Network $3,067.66 ↑ +40%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $3,516.80 ↑ +60%
Timpte Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +61%
Greater Omaha Packing Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +61%
Millard Public Schools Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +61%
One World Commercial|Broad Network $3,527.81 ↑ +61%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $3,533.35 ↑ +61%
United Medicare|All Plans $3,533.35 ↑ +61%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $3,533.35 ↑ +61%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $3,533.35 ↑ +61%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $3,533.35 ↑ +61%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $3,639.35 ↑ +66%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $3,710.02 ↑ +69%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $6,944.00 ↑ +216%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $7,417.00 ↑ +237%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $7,844.04 ↑ +257%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $8,159.00 ↑ +271%
United Commercial|All Plans $8,816.00 ↑ +301%

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App high cost ss t/a/l >100sq cm 1st 100sq cm at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln $1,954.54 $358.72 – $3,484.18
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $2,531.76 $358.72 – $5,123.80
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $748.85 $188.72 – $997.47
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $2,531.76 $358.72 – $5,123.80
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $731.23 $188.72 – $845.76
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $2,531.76 $1,024.76 – $5,123.80
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha $2,531.76 $358.72 – $5,123.80
CHI Health Plainview Plainview $740.04 $537.41 – $1,193.06

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