Application finger splntstatic 29130 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

$175.50

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.

$351.00

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.

$53.93 with Medica vs $4,406.00 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 $53.93 ↓ -69%
United Medicaid|Community Plan $65.32 ↓ -63%
Centene Medicaid|NE Total Care $65.98 ↓ -62%
Amerigroup Medicaid|All Plans $104.99 ↓ -40%
Centene Medicaid|IA Total Care $104.99 ↓ -40%
IAMolina Medicaid|All Plans $107.05 ↓ -39%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -29%
Medica Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -29%
United Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -29%
BCBS - NE Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -29%
Great Plains Medicare|All Plans $124.41 ↓ -29%
Centene Medicare|All Plans $128.14 ↓ -27%
Amerigroup Medicare|All Plans $130.63 ↓ -26%
ELAP Commercial|All Plans $161.88 ↓ -8%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Premier $176.08 ↑ +0%
Medica Commercial|Open Access $176.08 ↑ +0%
Midlands Choice Commercial|Standard $195.96 ↑ +12%
MultiPlan PHCS Commercial|All Plans $227.20 ↑ +29%
AMPS Commercial|All Plans $276.19 ↑ +57%
Medica Commercial|CHI Health $1,381.00 ↑ +687%
Medica Commercial|All Other Plans $1,621.00 ↑ +824%
Creighton University Employees Commercial|All Plans $3,708.00 ↑ +2013%
United Commercial|All Plans $4,406.00 ↑ +2411%

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Application finger splntstatic 29130 at other Nebraska hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln not published $53.93 – $53.93
Ogallala Community Hospital Ogallala $50.50 $27.28 – $60.14
CHI Health Midlands Papillion $131.46 $53.93 – $266.05
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler $267.75 $15.00 – $68.60
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha $131.46 $43.82 – $266.05
CHI Health St. Mary's Nebraska City $195.88 $24.21 – $108.48
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha $131.46 $53.21 – $266.05
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney $185.44 $53.93 – $282.72

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